[ntpwg] Extension Field Format correction

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Sun Jun 1 22:52:28 UTC 2008


Danny Mayer wrote:
> This is my correction to the extension field format defined in section 
> 7.5, Figure 14. This should fix the problems previously discussed so 
> that Autokey fits correctly and others can develop their own extensions.
> 
>         0                   1                   2                   3
>         0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
>        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>        | Private       | Field Type    |            Length             |
>        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>        .                                                               .
>        .                            Value                              .
>        .                                                               .
>        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>        |                       Padding (as needed)                     |
>        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> 
>                       Figure 14: Extension Field Format
> 
> 
> For the field type the values 0-7 are allocated to Autokey and will need 
> to be registered with INANA. Other values have not been allocated.
> 

I forgot to mention that the area marked private is private to the 
extension and can be used for any purpose that the extension sees fit.

Danny



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