On Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 9:36 AM Eric S. Raymond via devel <devel@ntpsec.org
wrote:

> Charlie requests a master key (and possibly initial cookies) daily
> from Delta. It may do so simply by looking in fixed file locations
> for the data.  Is there any plausible scenario in which Charlie and
> Delta must run on different hosts?


Not must, but I think that a charlie can be associated with multiple deltas
and a delta can have multiple charlies.

Might want to look into how the ratchets are seeded and a mechanism for
what time they rotate.

Note that I have not read the draft since r11 or so, so much of the
speculation may be wrong.
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