[ntpwg] [dhcwg] Re: Network Time Protocol (NTP) OptionsforDHCPv6

[TS Glassey]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Utterback" <Brian.Utterback at Sun.COM>
To: "TS Glassey" <tglassey at earthlink.net>
Cc: "Ted Lemon" <mellon at fugue.com>; <ntpwg at lists.ntp.org>; <dhcwg at ietf.org>; 
"Richard Gayraud (rgayraud)" <rgayraud at cisco.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [ntpwg] [dhcwg] Re: Network Time Protocol (NTP) 
OptionsforDHCPv6


> TS Glassey wrote:
>>
>>> Like most DNS servers, most DHCP servers are operated by network 
>>> administrators.   So the network administrator goes in and updates one 
>>> or the other, and the next time a request comes in, the DHCP server 
>>> gets the new IP address and returns it, whether it gets it from the  DNS 
>>> or from its own configuration.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Which makes the Network Administrator liable for screw-up's and the 
>> damages therein... Sorry this one is a no-sale IMHO.
>>
>>
>
> Okay, Todd. The proposal is pretty much SOP right now, with some slight
> refinements.

OK, SOP for who?

> If you deem that a show-stopper, I think the onus is on
> you to suggest a reasonable alternative.
>
> blu

I still don't know that the service is needed I have heard a couple of 
people mandate that they think this is necessary but in actuality I still 
haven't heard anything that makes this mandatory. Especially since without 
any pain at all its pretty easy to create a set of known NTP servers and 
just use the local DNS service to propagate these. WKS inside of DNS is a 
simple method that is time tested.

Todd