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The Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 Distribution
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This is a distribution of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4
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sources and documentation. NTP can be used by Unix, DEC VMS and
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Microsoft Windows NT platforms to synchronize the computer clock to
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external sources of time, such as other NTP time servers or a local
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radio clock. The daemon included in this distribution can operate as a
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server, a client, or a relay from a set of servers to a dependent client
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population on a local net. This distribution includes the daemon itself,
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plus utility programs and supporting documentation.
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You are welcome to the lot, with due consideration of the copyright
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information in the COPYRIGHT file. You are also invited to contribute
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bugfixes and drivers for new and exotic radios, telephones and sundials.
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This distribution is normally available by anonymous ftp as the
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compressed tar archive ntp-<version>.tar.Z in the pub/ntp directory on
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louie.udel.edu and <version> is the version number. The current version
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number can be found on the NTP web page <http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp>.
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A considerable amount of documentation, including build instructions,
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configuration advice, program usage and miscellaneous information is
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included in the ./html directory of this distribution. The intended
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access method is using a web browser such as netscape; however, the
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pages have been formatted so that viewing with an ordinary text editor
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is practical. Start the browser on the ./html/index.htm page, which
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contains additional instructions and hotlinks to the remaining pages.
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Some hotlinks for the larger documents, such as related technical
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memoranda, reports and papers, lead to other web sites where this
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information is stashed. We apologize for the inconvenience this may
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cause for users without Internet and World Wide Web access.
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If you are an old hand and just want to build the distribution, you
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might find the INSTALL file a useful shortcut. A descriptive list of all
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files in the base directory of this distribution is in the README file.
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A list of "significant" changes for the release is in the NEWS file.
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If you're interested in helping us test pre-release versions of ntpd,
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please look in <ftp://louie.udel.edu/pub/ntp/testing/>.
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David L. Mills (mills@udel.edu)
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21 June 1998
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