systemd-timesyncd: add support for roughtime protocol
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Roughtime is secure alternative to NTP currently used by Google and Cloudflare for approximate (seconds accuracy) time sync. Supporting it in timesyncd seems like a natural extension of current implementation.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add support for Roughtime protocol: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-roughtime-aanchal/
Describe alternatives you've considered
Using NTS seems like much bigger effort which is tracked in a separate issue #9481.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked Roughtime draft and the existing systemd-timesyncd implementation; no specific files or tests are named in the issue. Compare the requested work with the NTS effort tracked in issue #9481. Done would mean timesyncd supports Roughtime for approximate time synchronization, including the protocol behavior required by the draft.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100