[ntpwg] Watchdog Timer in Autokey draft

[Greg Dowd]

Current Definition:
Every NTP association has two variables which maintain the liveness
   state of the protocol, the 8-bit reachability register defined in [7]
   and the watchdog timer, which is new in NTPv4.  
Proposed definition:
Every NTP association has two variables which maintain the liveness
   state of the protocol, the 8-bit reachability register defined in [7]
   and the watchdog timer.
 
 
Reason:
Although the Autokey doc is only informative, there is NO DEFINITION OF
WATCHDOG IN NTP.  
Therefore, stating that this is a new feature of NTPv4 means that we
either have to redefine NTPv4
to include this or, more simply, just remove the offending text.
 
 
 
  
Greg Dowd
gdowd at symmetricom dot com (antispam format)
Symmetricom, Inc.
www.symmetricom.com <blocked::http://www.symmetricom.com/> 
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler" Albert
Einstein
 
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