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Re: [Ntp] New Version Notification for draft-gruessing-ntp-ntpv5-requirements-03.txt

Hal Murray <halmurray+ietf@sonic.net> Fri, 15 October 2021 19:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ntp] New Version Notification for draft-gruessing-ntp-ntpv5-requirements-03.txt
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mayer@pdmconsulting.net said:
> I want to know why confidentiality is a good idea. The complication of
> encrypting an NTP packet adds to the uncertainty of the departure of the
> packet, prevents hardware timestamping and a myriad of other measurement
> issues.

Does encrypting complicate that more than authenticating?



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