[ntpwg] KISS codes

[Harlan Stenn]

Karen,

> I was wondering about this issue earlier today as I was working through 
> all the comments received. My question is based on other discussions on
> this mailing list related to whether or not we are representing 
> current practice.

I believe Danny's change does not represent current practice.

The problem is that current practice is ... lame (at best) in this
regard and there needs to be, IMO, a way for a server to tell clients to
"go away" where there is better instruction that the clients really
should listen and do what it is told.

> Along that vein, would it make sense to change
> "MUST" to "SHOULD" in Danny's proposed text? I can go either way
> but I was struggling with identifying the consensus...

SHOULD could be arguably better, and if that's the way we go I expect
that RSN we'll want to upgrade that word to a MUST.

And I would love to hear back from more folks on this one, as I suspect
that MUST really is the right way to go.

But if we're gonna make a change here, I can see the reason for taking
the conservative approach first.

H
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> > From: ntpwg-bounces+karen.odonoghue=navy.mil at lists.ntp.org 
> > [mailto:ntpwg-bounces+karen.odonoghue=navy.mil at lists.ntp.org] 
> > On Behalf Of Harlan Stenn
> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 0:15
> > To: mayer at gis.net
> > Cc: NTP Working Group
> > Subject: Re: [ntpwg] KISS codes
> > 
> > Danny,
> > 
> > In general, I really like your proposal.  I haven't said 
> > anything about it because I'm not aware of any reasons it's a 
> > bad idea and that concerns me.  I figure there *has* to be 
> > some cases where what you describe inappropriate.
> > 
> > For how long must a server stop sending packets to the server in this
> > case:
> > 
> > a) For kiss codes: DENY, RSTR the client MUST demobilize any 
> >    associations to that server and stop sending packets to that 
> >    server;
> > 
> > Is it a good idea to better define the "reduction" mentioned here:
> > 
> > b) For kiss code: RATE the client MUST immediately reduce its polling 
> >    interval to that server and continue to reduce it each time it 
> >    receives a RATE kiss code. 
> > 
> > H
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