Mills, David L.

Computer network time synchronization :the Network Time Protocol the Network Time Protocol David L. Mills. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. - xvii, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index.

Basic concepts -- How NTP works -- In the belly of the beast -- Clock discipline algorithm -- NTP subnet configuration -- NTP performance in the Internet -- Primary servers and reference clocks -- Kernel timekeeping support -- Cryptographic authentication -- Identity schemes -- Analysis of errors -- Modeling and analysis of computer clocks -- Metrology and chronometry of the NTP timescale -- NTP reference implementation -- Technical history of NTP.

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Network Time Protocol (Computer network protocol)
Synchronous data transmission systems.
Computer networks--Management.
Synchronization.

TK5105.575 / .M55 2006

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