[ntpwg] Issues with the NTP draft -06

Heiko Gerstung heiko.gerstung at meinberg.de
Mon Jun 25 13:32:15 UTC 2007


Steve Kostecke schrieb:
> Heiko Gerstung said:
>
>   
>> Using a public host key of the server would work as well. But I do not
>> see that this helps in preventing loops, the only benefit I could see
>> is if a server would carry all those unique IDs of all servers between
>> the stratum 0 source and itself around and pass that list on to its
>> downstream servers/clients. That would enable us to provide a "time
>> trail" or a solution to the "traceable" time" stuff.
>>     
>
> Autokey, when properly configured, provides exactly this capability.
>   
Sounds great, Is there any tool or utility out there that can show me 
the exact trace for an instance of ntpd?

Best Regards,
Heiko



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