Yo Eric! On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 14:38:48 -0500 (EST) "Eric S. Raymond via devel" <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> Gary, for
> example, thinks we need bidirectional management protocols. Do we?
I never said, or meant to imply, 'bidirectional'. And 'management'
does not capture what I was thinking. Maybe 'coordination'?
I see the need for some sorts of communication between NTPD servers
and NTS-KE servers. Unclear which direction is optimal, but I don't
see bidiretional as required (yet).
> I have started a new document, devel/nts.adoc, which is intended to
> become internal documentation of our implementation.
Good, expect it to be thrashed back and forth for a bit.
> What we need is to fill in transaction steps. Presumably the dance
> starts with Alpha requesting a secure time feed from Charlie.
Seems to me most of the real work must be done before that.
And it seems we also need to agree on naming too...
> The reason I'm not trying to write down all this myself is in the
> signal discussion several smart people were visibly confused about
> what data needed to be going where; this made me nervous that, alone,
> I might wander off into a cul-de-sac that doesn't match the actual
> requirements.
+1
RGDS
GARY
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