Harlan Stenn wrote:
Oh, my mistake: I quote RFC5905 below, which is for NTPv4, which is technically in _draft_ status - though it does seem pretty far along and I believe current ntpd adheres to NTPv4, not v3.

The NTP code *defines* the spec, and there will be times when the

I think you mean the "ntpd reference implementation", e.g. Microsoft's NTP code does not define the standard.

Also, I don't think this is the correct relationship between RFCs and reference implementations. An RFC specifies the protocol for a specific reference implementation. If you do more than fix bugs in the reference implementation, you need a new RFC before it becomes the standard.


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