Re: [Ntp] draft-ietf-ntp-mode-6-cmds : Issue 1

[Harlan Stenn <[e-mail]>]

On 9/18/2017 10:10 AM, Brian Haberman wrote:
> Ulrich noted that this document does not specify a version number for
> the mode 6 commands. I had suggested specifying it as "version 4 (or
> earlier)" given that the introduction of mode 6 commands has occurred at
> various versions of the protocol starting at RFC 1305. Ulrich pointed
> out that the version number drives the interpretation of the status words.
> 
> For people who have implemented or use mode 6 commands, what makes sense
> here? Do we need to specify a version number per mode 6 command?

I've long wanted a way to identify more information about information
about what information is available via mode6 commands, and the format
of that information.

While some of this information is part of the "core", a lot of it is
implementation-specific, and can easily change from one code version to
the next.

I don't think we want to cast any of this into concrete.

On the other hand, we do need a way to figure out what's available
(which may changed based on authorization levels) and the format in
which it's presented.

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