Comment Re:A solution in need of a problem? (Score 1) 178
Replying to a bygone thread, but here it goes:
Out of your four points only the last one is valid. Your document reference is old, and does not take into account the IEEE1588v2 standard released in 2008. PTPv2 can indeed reach good accuracies over WAN, can be used in unicast mode, can form clock hierarchies with multiple atomic (or equivalent) clocks and has security extensions.
For further info you could read the IEEE 1588-2008 standard, it's relatively readable as far as standards go.
Out of your four points only the last one is valid. Your document reference is old, and does not take into account the IEEE1588v2 standard released in 2008. PTPv2 can indeed reach good accuracies over WAN, can be used in unicast mode, can form clock hierarchies with multiple atomic (or equivalent) clocks and has security extensions.
For further info you could read the IEEE 1588-2008 standard, it's relatively readable as far as standards go.