wok-6.x diff ntp/description.txt @ rev 25324
updated squid, squid-auth-helpers and squid-langpack (3.4.2 -> 5.6)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Fri Jul 22 17:10:45 2022 +0100 (2022-07-22) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/ntp/description.txt Fri Jul 22 17:10:45 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ 1.4 +This distribution is an implementation of RFC-5905 1.5 +"Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms 1.6 +Specification". 1.7 +NTP is widely used to synchronize a computer to Internet 1.8 +time servers or other sources, such as a radio or 1.9 +satellite receiver or telephone modem service. 1.10 +It can also be used as a server for dependent clients. 1.11 +It provides accuracies typically less than a millisecond 1.12 +on LANs and up to a few milliseconds on WANs. 1.13 +Typical NTP configurations utilize multiple redundant 1.14 +servers and diverse network paths in order to achieve 1.15 +high accuracy and reliability. 1.16 + 1.17 +This distribution includes a simulation framework in which 1.18 +substantially all the runtime NTP operations and most 1.19 +features can be tested and evaluated. 1.20 +This has been very useful in exploring in vitro response 1.21 +to unusual circumstances or over time periods impractical 1.22 +in vivo. 1.23 +Details are on the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Simulator page.