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Re: [Ntp] Antw: [EXT] Re: WGLC on draft‑ietf‑alternative‑port‑01

Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> Mon, 26 July 2021 10:06 UTC

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:05:50 +0200
From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
To: Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
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Subject: Re: [Ntp] Antw: [EXT] Re: WGLC on draft‑ietf‑alternative‑port‑01
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 11:36:21AM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote:
> Actually I think removing mode 6 from the protocol is a bad idea:
> So (assuming there is a need for monitoring and dynamic configuration) every
> implementer will do his/her own protocol.

Why would monitoring and/or configuration have to run on port 123?
That is something completely different than exchanging timestamps for
synchronization of clocks.

There can be a standard protocol for monitoring and configuring, maybe
specific to NTP, but not specific to an NTP implementation (unlike
mode 6).

> As a matter of fact crony does not document the internal protocol being used.

Right, it's not documented. Similarly to mode 6, it is tightly tied to
an implementation. It could be replaced with a standard protocol, if
there was one that covered all the state and configuration.

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Miroslav Lichvar

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