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Re: [Ntp] Call for adoption: draft-schiff-ntp-chronos

Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> Mon, 02 September 2019 11:59 UTC

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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:59:15 +0200
From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
To: Karen O'Donoghue <odonoghue@isoc.org>
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Subject: Re: [Ntp] Call for adoption: draft-schiff-ntp-chronos
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 05:37:10AM +0000, Karen O'Donoghue wrote:
> A Secure Selection and Filtering Mechanism for the Network Time Protocol Version 4
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schiff-ntp-chronos/
> 
> Please reply with your opinion on whether or not the working group should adopt this document including your willingness to review and contribute. 

I support adoption of this draft. I would like the group to consider
using a slightly different title and more careful use of the word
"secure" in the document. The algorithms improve resiliency against
some MITM attacks, but in the worst case security doesn't change.

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Miroslav Lichvar

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