[ntpwg] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5905 (3007)

[RFC Errata System]

The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5905,
"Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification".

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http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5905&eid=3007

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Danny Mayer <mayer at ntp.org>

Section: 7.4

Original Text
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b.  For kiss code RATE, the client MUST immediately reduce its

       polling interval to that server and continue to reduce it each

       time it receives a RATE kiss code.

Corrected Text
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b.  For kiss code RATE, the client MUST immediately increase its

       polling interval to that server and continue to increase it each

       time it receives a RATE kiss code.

Notes
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The client needs to poll the server for new timestamps less often

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RFC5905 (draft-ietf-ntp-ntpv4-proto-13)
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Title               : Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification
Publication Date    : June 2010
Author(s)           : D. Mills, J. Martin, Ed., J. Burbank, W. Kasch
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Network Time Protocol
Area                : Internet
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG