Diving into the NTP pool (paper)

[marco.davids]

@NTPman

We should put in place some plan for the phase-out of IPv4, at least in the context of NTPpool.

The NTP pool is pre-eminently a service that should support both protocols for a long time to come. So let’s focus on adding those AAAA-records while keeping the A’s.

[NTPman]

@HAHAHAHA

The Pool is not powerful enough to push the change and this is not The Pool’s work.

It’s really up to tech giants e.g. Microsoft and Google to propel the change.

I think we may debate on that but it is not important here. (I think everybody’s work, big tech’s, ISP’s, infrastructure providers [root&tld DNS, NTPpool], and so on.)

The main point is, that the IPv6 was invented in replacement of and not in addition to the IPv4 protocol. The start point is IPv4 only Internet (one side of the hill), the end point (goal: the other side of the hill) is the IPv6 only Internet. Everybody must be clear with the objective, see clearly the goal and move towards it, as it is possible.

@marco.davids

The NTP pool is pre-eminently a service that should support both protocols for a long time to come. So let’s focus on adding those AAAA-records while keeping the A’s.

Good enough starting point. As I mentioned, I was exaggerating.

[Bas]

@grifferz

If there’s anything I have learned over the years here, it’s that it’s totally pointless “debating” Bas on the subject of IPv6. He has a relentless need to post nonsense about it even in threads like this one which had nothing whatsoever to do with IPv6 before he brought it up. I think his father was killed by a 128-bit integer, and he has never gotten over it.

Funny from somebody that never posts.