[ntpwg] Watchdog Timer in Autokey draft

[Danny Mayer]

Removing the phrase "which is new in NTPv4" is okay but watchdog timer 
must be defined somewhere if it is mentioned. I've never heard the term 
but then I rarely get into that area of the code.

Danny

Brian Haberman wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
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>>  
>> 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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