[ntpwg] Issues with the NTP draft -06

[Brian Haberman]

Danny Mayer wrote:
> Heiko Gerstung wrote:
>> I would say that the refid is no security related data object. I agree
>> that the MAC address and IP can change, but I do not see any bad
>> implications here, at least not for the operational status.
> 
> I agree. I just want to get away from the idea that we SHOULD use IPv4
> addresses (or IPv6 addresses MD5-summed). Just because the reference
> implementation uses that doesn't mean that everyone else should do so.
> The value can be anything as long as it's relatively unique.

Given that the task at hand is documenting what NTPv4 is today, what
implementations *do not* use the IPv4 address or the hashed IPv6 address
as the refid?  I don't see the benefit of trying to retrofit this type
of change into the protocol spec trying to be advanced.

Regards,
Brian