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Re: [ntpwg] [dhcwg] Re: Network Time Protocol (NTP) OptionsforDHCPv6

Danny Mayer <mayer@ntp.org> Mon, 26 November 2007 03:59 UTC

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Brian Utterback wrote:
> TS Glassey wrote:
>>
>> I still don't know that the service is needed I have heard a couple of
>> people mandate that they think this is necessary but in actuality I
>> still haven't heard anything that makes this mandatory. Especially
>> since without any pain at all its pretty easy to create a set of known
>> NTP servers and just use the local DNS service to propagate these. WKS
>> inside of DNS is a simple method that is time tested.
>>
>> Todd
> 
> Okay, so your suggestion is to not have a DHCP NTP field at all, but to
> have
> the clients use WKS and DNS resolution to find servers. Fair enough.
> 
> blu

Actually SRV records are what should get used. WKS is rather obsolete.

Danny

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