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Name: NTP - Network Time Protocol daemon and utilities

Version: 5.90e

Author(s): Dave Mills <mills@udel.edu>
           Numerous authors have contributed to this package.
           See the COPYRIGHT file for a complete list.

Ftp source: ftp.udel.edu:/pub/ntp/
Web page: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp

Description:

    This is a distribution of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version
    3 sources and documentation. NTP can be used by Unix, DEC VMS and
    Microsoft Windows NT platforms to synchronize the computer clock
    to external sources of time, such as other NTP time servers or a
    local radio clock. The daemon included in this distribution can
    operate as a server, a client, or a relay from a set of servers
    to a dependent client population on a local net. This
    distribution includes the daemon itself, plus utility programs
    and supporting documentation. 
     
    The authstuff directory contains miscellaneous programs to test,
    calibrate and certify the cryptographic mechanisms for DES and
    MD5 based authentication. These programs do not include the
    cryptographic routines themselves, so are free of U.S. export
    restrictions.       

    The ntpdate directory contains a program to set the local machine
    time from one or more remote machines running NTP. Operates like
    rdate, but much more accurate.              

    The ntpq directory contains a utility program to query local and
    remote NTP peers for state variables and related timekeeping
    information. This program conforms to Appendix A of the NTP
    Version 3 Specification RFC 1305.           

    The ntptrace directory contains a utility program that can be
    used to reveal the chain of NTP peers from a designated peer to
    the primary server at the root of the timekeeping subnet.   

    The util directory contains various utility and testing programs.
                
    -- Adapted from the 5.90 README and WHERE-TO-START files

Advertised architectures:

    Numerous, but varies for each program

Prerequisites:

    C compiler, HTML browser for documentation, and a PostScript 
    previewer or printer for reports