Subject: Re: [Ntp] Antw: Re: Antw: Re: Calls for Adoption -- NTP Extension Field drafts -- Four separate drafts

From: Hal Murray <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:02:24 -0700

[email-masked] said:
> There are quite a few v3 clients that just look at the timestamp and ignore
> the other fields.

If they are v3 clients, their request will have v3 so a sane server will reply 
with v3.

> Are there compelling reasons to change the wire format in v5 and not use
> extensions/NTS?  If so we should do it if not we shouldn't but the wire
> format is secondary. 

I think we should assume the wire format will change and stop wasting time 
discussing whether we need to change it.  The whole point of having a version 
number is so you can change the packet format.

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