[ntpwg] [dhcwg] NTP option: IP address and/or FQDN

[Richard Gayraud (rgayraud)]

I think it does (help to reduce the traffic to the name server):

  - The NTP client will keep trying 127.0.0.1 for some time before
    re-resolving (NTP associations take some time to fail when
    moblized).

  - SOHO routers often embed NAT and act as DNS servers regarding
    the home network. So they will receive this NS traffic, and
    should catch the retries.

Richard.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Lemon [mailto:Ted.Lemon at nominum.com] 
> Sent: jeudi 13 décembre 2007 03:38
> To: Danny Mayer
> Cc: Richard Gayraud (rgayraud); DHC WG; NTP Working Group; 
> Ralph Droms (rdroms)
> Subject: Re: [dhcwg] NTP option: IP address and/or FQDN
> 
> On Dec 12, 2007, at 7:28 PM, Danny Mayer wrote:
> > There is an even simpler solution to this. Have the DNS 
> name remain  
> > but
> > have it point to 127.0.0.1 or ::1. That way only itself is impacted.
> 
> That doesn't stop the traffic to the name server.
>