Yo Hal! On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:05:41 -0800 Hal Murray via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> Gary said:
> >> How about:
> >> server ntp.example.com nts 1.2.3.4
> >> or
> >> server ntp.example.com nts bob.example.com
>
> > Why do we need ntp.example.com at all? Aren't we supposed to use
> > the NTPD server returned from bob.example.com?
>
> The intent was to do the NTS-KE dance with ntp.example.com
Which conflicts with prior useage where ntp.example.com is the NTPD
server. Very confusing. Let's not do that.
> and use 1.2.3.4 or bob.example.com as the NTP server.
Which conflicts with the Proposed RFC which says the NTS-KE tells us
which NTPD server, not the config file.
> As an aside, bob.example.com could return multiple IP Addresses.
Always true of DNS. I assume the first (random) one would be used and
the others ignored.
RGDS
GARY
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