kdenning@pcserver2.naitc.com (Karl Denninger) (03/01/91)
Hi! I'm looking for the source code to the Internet time server program. The MIPS systems we have here have a thing called "timed", and the Suns have "rdate". Both of these appear to be proprietary to their respective machines. I would like to be able to synchronize all the clocks in our domain using this.... including PCs. Beame and Whiteside has the ability to query one on demand, if I can find the Unix-side code! Thanks in advance for pointers or code! -- Karl Denninger - AC Nielsen, Bannockburn IL (708) 317-3285 kdenning@nis.naitc.com "The most dangerous command on any computer is the carriage return." Disclaimer: The opinions here are solely mine and may or may not reflect those of the company.
mark@TELESYS.NCSC.NAVY.MIL (Mark L. Williams) (03/06/91)
UNIX Review, Vol 8 No 12 says, in the Daemons and Dragons column, that RFC 1129 covers Network Time Protocols. The article describes the time service reasonably clearly, I think. According to the author, he/they use xntpd "written by Dennis Ferguson at the University of Toronto." "To obtain the xntp implementation of the NTP protocol, use anonymous ftp to louie.udel.edu and look in the directory ~ftp/pub/ntp/xntp. The distribution consists of a 49 KB compressed tar archive. The distribution takes approximately 10 minutes to build on a Sparcstation 1." [typos, if any, are mine] Author of the article was Rob Kolstad, who acknowledges help from Jeff Polk. Mark