[ntpwg] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ntp-ntpv4-proto-05.txt

[Brian Haberman]

All,
     This version of the protocol specification incorporates all
comments received to date (to my knowledge).  Please review.  My plan is
to start a working group last call on this document in the next week or so.

Regards,
Brian


Internet-Drafts at ietf.org wrote:
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts 
> directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Network Time Protocol Working Group of the IETF.
> 
> 	Title		: Network Time Protocol Version 4 Protocol And Algorithms Specification
> 	Author(s)	: J. Burbank, et al.
> 	Filename	: draft-ietf-ntp-ntpv4-proto-05.txt
> 	Pages		: 108
> 	Date		: 2007-5-11
> 	
> The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is widely used to synchronize
>    computer clocks in the Internet.  This document describes NTP Version
>    4 (NTPv4), which is backwards compatible with NTP Version 3 (NTPv3)
>    described in RFC 1305, as well as previous versions of the protocol.
> 
>    It includes a modified protocol header to accommodate the Internet
>    Protocol Version 6 address family.  NTPv4 includes fundamental
>    improvements in the mitigation and discipline algorithms which extend
>    the potential accuracy to the tens of microseconds with modern
>    workstations and fast LANs.  It includes a dynamic server discovery
>    scheme, so that in many cases specific server configuration is not
>    required.  It corrects certain errors in the NTPv3 design and
>    implementation and includes an optional extension mechanism.
> 
> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ntp-ntpv4-proto-05.txt