Subject: Last Call: <draft-ietf-ntp-bcp-07.txt> (Network Time Protocol Best Current Practices) to Best Current Practice

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:07:07 -0700

The IESG has received a request from the Network Time Protocol WG (ntp) to
consider the following document: - 'Network Time Protocol Best Current
Practices'
  <draft-ietf-ntp-bcp-07.txt> as Best Current Practice

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
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Abstract

   NTP Version 4 (NTPv4) has been widely used since its publication as
   RFC 5905 [RFC5905].  This documentation is a collection of Best
   Practices from across the NTP community.

The file can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ntp-bcp/

IESG discussion can be tracked via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ntp-bcp/ballot/

No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.

The document contains these normative downward references.
See RFC 3967 for additional information: 
    rfc1305: Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, Implementation and Analysis (Draft Standard - Legacy stream)
    rfc5905: Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification (Proposed Standard - IETF stream)
    rfc7384: Security Requirements of Time Protocols in Packet Switched Networks (Informational - IETF stream)
    rfc7094: Architectural Considerations of IP Anycast (Informational - IAB stream)