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

[Brian Haberman <[e-mail]>]

Hi Harlan,

On 9/20/17 6:42 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote:

>>
>> The above seems to argue for two things:
>>
>> 1) A preliminary handshake between an NTP server and the mode6-speaking
>> client to determine what version is in use.
>>
>> 2) A change to the operating basis of the mode 6 commands in that the
>> above mentioned handshake occurs before actually sending the mode 6 command.
>>
>> Is that a good representation of what is being asked for?
> 
> If it is, I'm thinking we'd want a mode 6 "Identify" command, that would
> have this information in a response.  This response would likely contain
> different data before/after authentication.
> 
> I'd also much rather we had changes to do this that are tested and known
> to do what we want instead of codifying what folks hope will be a good
> solution.
> 
> I'm happy to work with collaborative folks, experienced or not, who want
> to dig in to this.
> 

This document is controlled by the consensus of the WG. So it is up to
the participants interested in adding such functionality to "drum up the
support" for adding it to the draft.

Regards,
Brian