The IESG has received a request from the Network Time Protocol WG (ntp) to consider the following document: - 'Network Time Protocol Best Current Practices' <draft-ietf-ntp-bcp-07.txt> as Best Current Practice The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2018-10-08. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract NTP Version 4 (NTPv4) has been widely used since its publication as RFC 5905 [RFC5905]. This documentation is a collection of Best Practices from across the NTP community. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ntp-bcp/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ntp-bcp/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. The document contains these normative downward references. See RFC 3967 for additional information: rfc1305: Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, Implementation and Analysis (Draft Standard - Legacy stream) rfc5905: Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification (Proposed Standard - IETF stream) rfc7384: Security Requirements of Time Protocols in Packet Switched Networks (Informational - IETF stream) rfc7094: Architectural Considerations of IP Anycast (Informational - IAB stream)
