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Re: [Ntp] Antwort: Re: Symmetric mode

Hal Murray <halmurray@sonic.net> Sat, 01 October 2022 06:36 UTC

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> The initiator of the request is acting as the client for the packet and the
> other one acts as the server. When the other peer initiates a packet it is
> the client. 

> No, since each side know whether it's acting as a client or as a server for
> each packet. 

That doesn't match my understanding.

Suppose both sides say peer or the ephemeral association gets setup.  Both 
ends show a normal/happy slot in ntpq peers so both ends are clients.   There 
are only half as many packets as a pair of client/server associations.  Each 
packet is both client and server.  Each packet is a new client/request but 
also contains the server/response data for the previous packet from other guy.

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