@techreport{stenn-ntp-last-extension-00, number = {draft-stenn-ntp-last-extension-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-stenn-ntp-last-extension-00}, author = {Harlan Stenn}, title = {{Network Time Protocol Last Extension Field}}, pagetotal = 4, year = 2016, month = mar, day = 14, abstract = {NTPv4 is defined by RFC 5905 {[}RFC5905{]}, and it and earlier versions of the NTP Protocol have supported symmetric private key MAC authentication. MACs pre-date the Extension Fields introduced in RFC 5905 {[}RFC5905{]}, and as the number of Extension Fields grows there is an increasing chance of ambiguity when deciding if the "next" set of data is an Extension Field or a MAC. This proposal defines a new Extension Field which is used to signifiy that it is the last Extension Field in the packet. If present, any subsequent data SHOULD be considered to be a legacy MAC.}, }