[ntpwg] Watchdog Timer in Autokey draft

[David L. Mills]

Danny,

The "watchdog timer" is the unreach variable in the NTPv4 specification. 
It has nothing to do with Autokey per se. I will amend the wording to 
make tha clear.

Dave

Danny Mayer wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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>>> Einstein
>>>
>>>
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