In article <lg5bug$682$1...@dont-email.me>, David Woolley
<david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote:

> On 16/03/14 22:16, Joe Gwinn wrote:
> > I recall seeing something from Dr. Mills saying that a formal proof had
> > been found showing that no packet-exchange protocol (like NTP) could
> > tell delay asymmetry from clock offset.  Can anyone provide a reference
> > to this proof?
> 
> I would have thought it was obvious.

It was generally believed that this was true, but what was lacking was
the mathematical proof that no message-exchange protocol, however
clever, could overcome delay asymmetry.  I recall that someone finally
found a proof.

Joe Gwinn

_______________________________________________
questions mailing list
questions@lists.ntp.org
http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Reply via email to