Dave, As you and I discussed at the time this is not true of any client ignoring the indication of a KOD packet. They will in fact drift further and further way from the correct time each time it receives a KOD packet. Note that KOD packets are not problem for clients following the normal rules of engagement and not bombarding the server.
Danny David L. Mills wrote: > Phil, > > You refer to the U Wisconsin incient, but there have been several > others, including those at NIST and USNO reported in the PTTI paper in > my list of publications. The rate controls can be used to selectively > drop abuse packets or to return a KoD in the hope that abusers will > listen and reduce the rate. Frankly, in the culture of modern times I > doubt very much the abuser will listen. After some discussion with my > friends here, a further defense was implemented with result the KoD time > returned reveals no influence of the server. It's not wrong, it just > doesn't result in a time adjustment. > > Dave _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
