Good idea, and the "problem" is the refid is a 32-bit structure. Its purpose is for loop detection - to make sure machine A doesn't believe time from machine B if machine B is getting its time from A.
I've had some chats with Prof. Mills about this and we're gently discussing changing the refid value for non-refclock sources to a simple nonce. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325111 Title: ntpq output truncates IPv6 addresses To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ntp/+bug/325111/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs