When chronyd is starting, after the point where dump files are loaded,
remove all files in the dump directory that match the naming scheme used
for dump files. This prevents loading stale dump files that were not
saved in the latest run of chronyd.
Use empty string instead of "." (which is normally the root directory)
as the default value of dumpdir and logdir to indicate they are not
specified. Print warnings in syslog when trying to log or dump
measurements without dumpdir or logdir.
When the SO_TIMESTAMP socket option was enabled, the expected type of
control messages containing timestamps was SO_TIMESTAMP instead of
SCM_TIMESTAMP. This worked on Linux, where the two values are equal, but
not on the other supported systems. The timestamps were ignored and this
probably worsened the accuracy and stability of the synchronisation.
Include IP address instead of reference ID in the name of dump file
for NTP sources and for reference clocks format the reference ID as a
hexadecimal number instead of quad dotted notation.
Also, avoid dynamic memory allocation and improve warning messages.
Replace struct timeval with struct timespec as the main data type for
timestamps. This will allow the NTP code to work with timestamps in
nanosecond resolution.
Crypto-NAK is useful only with Autokey where it allows quick reset
of the association. There is no plan to support Autokey and NTS will
specify its own message for authentication errors.
Estimate asymmetry of network jitter on the path to the source as a
slope of offset against network delay in multiple linear regression. If
the asymmetry is significant and its sign doesn't change frequently, the
measured offsets (which are used later to estimate the offset and
frequency of the clock) are corrected to correspond to the minimum
network delay. This can significantly improve the accuracy and stability
of the estimated offset and frequency.
When selecting sources from a pool, ignore responses which didn't
produce a new sample. Sources with acceptable delay (as configured by
the maxdelay* options) should be prefered.
When a valid packet is received from an unsynchronised source (i.e. only
a test of leap, stratum or root distance failed), there is no point in
waiting for another packet or the RX timeout, and the client socket can
be immediately closed.
Add support for authenticating MS-SNTP responses in Samba (ntp_signd).
Supported is currently only the old MS-SNTP authenticator field. It's
disabled by default. It can be enabled with the --enable-ntp-signd
configure option and the ntpsigndsocket directive, which specifies the
location of the Samba ntp_signd socket.
When a received packet fails to authenticate, check if the digest
contains zeroes and treat it as an MS-SNTP packet with authenticator or
extended authenticator field. For now, discard these packets, i.e. don't
respond with a crypto-NAK.
Replace the flag that enables authentication using a symmetric key with
an enum. Specify crypto-NAK as a special mode used for responses instead
of relying on zero key ID. Also, rework check_packet_auth() to always
save the mode and key ID.