[ntpwg] Watchdog Timer in Autokey draft

[Brian Haberman]

Greg,
      I have no problem with making this change.

Regards,
Brian


Greg Dowd wrote:
> 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.
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> Reason:
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> Although the Autokey doc is only informative, there is NO DEFINITION OF WATCHDOG IN NTP.  
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> 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.
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> Greg Dowd
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