[ntpwg] Problem with Symmetric Key in both NTPv4 and Autokey drafts

[Danny Mayer]

Dave,

I'll let someone else pipe up about this with their view. It may just be me.

Danny
David L. Mills wrote:
> Danny,
> 
> I thought the symmetric key description was clear from context. If you 
> think otherwise, please feel free to modifiy the documents or provide 
> markup.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Danny Mayer wrote:
> 
>> I have been reading the autokey draft and it mentions the symmetric key
>> authentication referencing the NTPv3 RFC 1305. See P7 Section 3 item 1.
>> However that RFC is obsoleted by both the NTPv4 draft and the autokey
>> draft (though I'm not sure an Informational RFC can obsolete a standards
>> track RFC). The NTPv4 draft mentions in Section 7.3 (P.17) that
>> symmetric key it is described in the draft when it does not. It looks
>> like we need to pull parts of RFC 1305 Appendix C into the NTPv4 draft
>> if that's what needs to be copied. I missed this yesterday when going
>> through the document.
>>
>> Sorry to hold things up, but that's an important piece of the NTPv4
>> protocol.
>>
>> Danny