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Re: [Ntp] Getting started using NTS -- clock accuracy vs certificates

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Tue, 02 August 2022 11:47 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Hal Murray <halmurray@sonic.net>, Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
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Thread-Topic: [Ntp] Getting started using NTS -- clock accuracy vs certificates
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Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:46:56 +0000
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>    I'd thought of self signed certificates for what I call the 10 year problem.  
    If you have a spare that sits on the shelf for 10 years or more, how do you 
    get it started?

I suggest speaking to certificate/public-key people.  Perhaps the LAMPS and/or TLS working groups will have some activity.

This has been a well-known problem for decades, and the NTP working group should learn from those people.

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