[Version 3 & 4] Aren't NTP stratums 17 ... 256 (1001b...11111111b) totally pointless? Why not use these extra bits for a CRC-4 ... for all the bits used in that datafield. At least the CRC-4 could be put to some use.
Mainly * Only about 1% of know NTP servers are Stratum [8...16] * The stratum hierarchy (and accuracy of a vast majority of public NTP servers) are not policed that well, as there is no distributed NTP application being used to find lists of dodgy NTP servers. * The NTP time distribution system would probably work best with only 8 stratums anyway. Will this surplus stratum problem be fixed in NTPv5? _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
