[ntp:questions] [ntp:hackers] disabling or removing mode 7 (ntpdc) support from ntpd
Harlan Stenn
stenn at ntp.org
Sun Jul 17 20:04:06 UTC 2011
Mode 6 and mode 7 *should* have been included in the NTPv4 spec. There
is effort underway to get them back.
I have no problem with mode 7 - it is a vendor-specific way to interact
with an NTP daemon. Granted, I haven't heard of anybody else ever using
it.
Mode 7 has traditionaly been a binary protocol, while Mode 6 has been an
ASCII protocol. There is no *requirement* that mode 7 use a binary
protocol.
Mode 6 stuff SHOULD be documented and specified by the RFC. It MAY be
OK to carve out some space in this specification for vendor-specific
usage.
H
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