Technical Summary
This document describes the structure of the control messages that
were historically used with the Network Time Protocol before the
advent of more modern control and management approaches. These
control messages have been used to monitor and control the Network
Time Protocol application running on any IP network attached
computer. The information in this document was originally described
in Appendix B of RFC 1305. The goal of this document is to provide a
current, but historic, description of the control messages as
described in RFC 1305 and any additional commands implemented in NTP.
The publication of this document is not meant to encourage the
developement and deployment of these control messages. This document
is only providing a current reference for these control messages
given the current status of RFC 1305.
Working Group Summary
The document has working group consensus for publication, and has been
reviewed by several WG participants since its initial adoption as a working
group item.
Document Quality
Are there existing implementations of the protocol? Have a
significant number of vendors indicated their plan to
implement the specification? Are there any reviewers that
merit special mention as having done a thorough review,
e.g., one that resulted in important changes or a
conclusion that the document had no substantive issues? If
there was a MIB Doctor, Media Type, or other Expert Review,
what was its course (briefly)? In the case of a Media Type
Review, on what date was the request posted?
Personnel
Karen O'Donoghue is acting as the Document Shepherd.
Erik Kline is the Responsible Area Director.
IANA Note
This document makes no request of IANA.