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Time and the Network

More and more, it is becoming vitally important to synchronise systems and networks. To this end a time synchronisation protocol has been created. It is standardised in RFC 1305.

Time

"God's way of preventing everything happening at once..."

UTC

Universal Co-ordinated Time. UTC is the acronym from the French term.

RFC Title Notes

1305 Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification Obsoletes 958, 959, 1059 & 1119

1129 Internet Time Synchronisation: The Network Time Protocol

1128 Measured Performance of the Network Time Protocol in the Internet system

1119 Network Time Protocol (Version 2) Specification and Implementation Obsoletes 958, 959. Superseded by 1305.

1059 Network Time Protocol (Version 1) Specification and Implementation Obsoletes 958. Superseded by 1119 *1305.

958 Network Time Protocol (NTP) The original standard specification.

957 Experiments in network clock synchronisation.

956 Algorithms for synchronising network clocks

Time and the Network

Time

UTC

Synchronisation

Time Standards

NTP - Network Time Protocol

Internet Time References

Time Standard Sites

RFC	Title	Notes
1305	Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification	Obsoletes 958, 959, 1059 & 1119
1129	Internet Time Synchronisation: The Network Time Protocol
1128	Measured Performance of the Network Time Protocol in the Internet system
1119	Network Time Protocol (Version 2) Specification and Implementation	Obsoletes 958, 959. Superseded by 1305.
1059	Network Time Protocol (Version 1) Specification and Implementation	Obsoletes 958. Superseded by 1119 *1305.
958	Network Time Protocol (NTP)	The original standard specification.
957	Experiments in network clock synchronisation.
956	Algorithms for synchronising network clocks

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