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Re: [Ntp] An NTPv5 design sketch

Kyle Rose <krose@krose.org> Tue, 21 April 2020 13:51 UTC

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From: Kyle Rose <krose@krose.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:51:02 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Ntp] An NTPv5 design sketch
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 9:35 AM Salz, Rich <rsalz=
40akamai.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:

>
> >    The device may be very simple. It may not have an OS and NTP may be
>     the only networking it does. It could be measuring intervals in a
>     physics experiment, or controlling a robot in a factory.
>
> I would like to see this use-case *not* be a requirement for NTPv5.
>

Strong agree, but because NTP's purpose is to synchronize wallclock time
first. Intervals are a second-class citizen, and anyway conflict with the
first requirement once you get beyond very short intervals.

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