Re: [Ntp] [EXT] Re: Opsdir last call review of draft-ietf-ntp-mode-6-cmds-08

[Ulrich Windl <[e-mail]>]

On 6/13/20 4:31 AM, Watson Ladd wrote:
[...]
> demonstrated, systems other people have developed. Part of this has
> been a reluctance to abandon failed experiments: no one else has
> decided to implement these modes because of limitations in the format.

Could you be more specific on such "limitations"?

[...]
> I don't think an unauthenticated management protocol is appropriate
> for standardisation in any place but Historic. This draft has gone

I thought mode-6 is authenticated (optionally at least), but not 
encrypted.  Encryption may actually be an issue.

> through WG last call with intended status Historic because of these
> concerns: I know that several members at the time expressed that they
> would be opposed to anything but Informational or Historic. If we
> wouldn't standardize rsh or telnet today, we shouldn't standardize
> this in a way that encourages usage.

[...]
Regards,
Ulrich