[ntpwg] mode 6 packets and the system status word

[Harlan Stenn]

Dave,

I think you are dead wrong in your belief that this is a failed mission,
but perhaps we have different definitions of "the mission".

And I'm not necessarily talking about the protocol document, unless
somebody makes the entirely plausible argument that since Figure 10 of
the specification document says that association mode 6 is an NTP
control message, we have an obligation to either specify the format and
content of a mode 6 message in the document or point folks at a
different document that *does* specify that information.

H
--
> You have a failed mission. The state codes have nothing to do with the 
> specification document. There might be a connection between what might 
> later be defined with the ntpd monitoring protocol, but that has nothing 
> to do with the specification.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Harlan Stenn wrote:
> 
> > Dave,
> >
> > Dave wrote:
> >
> >> Surely you know the status words happened to be defined in an appendix
> >> to rfc1305 and not revelant to the baseline specification.
> >
> >
> > Yes on #1, I don't care on #2, and rfc1305 is about to be obsoleted if I
> > understand things correctly, and with our almost resolved flap over the
> > "state" variable I need either a pending or an active RFC that will
> > address the issue of "how can we determine if an instance of NTP
> > believes it is 'OK' or not, and exactly what is meant by 'OK'?"
> >
> > H
> > --
> >
> >> Harlan Stenn wrote:
> >>
> >>> Folks,
> >>>
> >>> 1305 documents the "system status word" that is returned in the status
> >>> field of the response to a read status or read variables command with a
> >>> zero association identifier.
> >>>
> >>> Where are these things specified in the NTPv4 specification?
> >>>
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