Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!tcp-ip From: tcp-ip@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Plea for ICMP Timestamp support Message-ID: <8881@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 18:55:27 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8881 Posted: Mon Jul 8 18:55:27 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 07:00:22 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 11 From: tmallory@bbnccv Dave, Have you considered the alternative approach of including the time unit with the icmp time-stamp rather than forcing conversion to milliseconds which seems a little arbitrary? You would then have some idea of the granularity of the clock ticks you are comparing. (Perhaps a self-defining message using x.409?) A 24-hour rollover seems to be a reasonable request. Tracy