Google Summer of Code

I just read the news that my project has been accepted for the Google Summer of Code 2008, which is really exciting. I sent in an application for creating a net-snmp agent module for the upcoming NTPv4 which is currently in standardization process at the IETF (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ntp-ntpv4-mib-04.txt). Since I am one of the authors of this MIB I wanted to breathe a little bit of life into this by implementing the thing into code. This will hopefully help NTP users with larger installations to monitor the status of their timing network plus collecting some statistical information in a standardized way.

More on this later, now its time to set up a detailed project plan and let Harlan Stenn (my mentor for this project) and Google (my mentoring organization) know when and what I am planning to deliver :-)