1c0b746e5SOllivier RobertThe Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 Distribution 2c0b746e5SOllivier Robert 3c0b746e5SOllivier RobertThis is a distribution of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 4c0b746e5SOllivier Robertsources and documentation. NTP can be used by Unix, DEC VMS and 5c0b746e5SOllivier RobertMicrosoft Windows NT platforms to synchronize the computer clock to 6c0b746e5SOllivier Robertexternal sources of time, such as other NTP time servers or a local 7c0b746e5SOllivier Robertradio clock. The daemon included in this distribution can operate as a 8c0b746e5SOllivier Robertserver, a client, or a relay from a set of servers to a dependent client 9c0b746e5SOllivier Robertpopulation on a local net. This distribution includes the daemon itself, 10c0b746e5SOllivier Robertplus utility programs and supporting documentation. 11c0b746e5SOllivier Robert 12c0b746e5SOllivier RobertYou are welcome to the lot, with due consideration of the copyright 13c0b746e5SOllivier Robertinformation in the COPYRIGHT file. You are also invited to contribute 14c0b746e5SOllivier Robertbugfixes and drivers for new and exotic radios, telephones and sundials. 15c0b746e5SOllivier RobertThis distribution is normally available by anonymous ftp as the 16c0b746e5SOllivier Robertcompressed tar archive ntp-<version>.tar.gz in the pub/ntp directory on 17c0b746e5SOllivier Roberthuey.udel.edu and <version> is the version number. The current stable 18c0b746e5SOllivier Robertand development version numbers can be found at <http://www.ntp.org>. 19c0b746e5SOllivier Robert 20c0b746e5SOllivier RobertA considerable amount of documentation, including build instructions, 21c0b746e5SOllivier Robertconfiguration advice, program usage and miscellaneous information is 22c0b746e5SOllivier Robertincluded in the ./html directory of this distribution. The intended 23c0b746e5SOllivier Robertaccess method is using a web browser such as netscape; however, the 24c0b746e5SOllivier Robertpages have been formatted so that viewing with an ordinary text editor 25c0b746e5SOllivier Robertis practical. Start the browser on the ./html/index.html page, which 26c0b746e5SOllivier Robertcontains additional instructions and hotlinks to the remaining pages. 27c0b746e5SOllivier RobertSome hotlinks for the larger documents, such as related technical 28c0b746e5SOllivier Robertmemoranda, reports and papers, lead to other web sites where this 29c0b746e5SOllivier Robertinformation is stashed. We apologize for the inconvenience this may 30c0b746e5SOllivier Robertcause for users without Internet and World Wide Web access. 31c0b746e5SOllivier Robert 32c0b746e5SOllivier RobertIf you are an old hand and just want to build the distribution, you 33c0b746e5SOllivier Robertmight find the INSTALL file a useful shortcut. A descriptive list of all 34c0b746e5SOllivier Robertfiles in the base directory of this distribution is in the README file. 35c0b746e5SOllivier RobertA list of "significant" changes for the release is in the NEWS file. 36c0b746e5SOllivier Robert 37c0b746e5SOllivier RobertIf you're interested in helping us test pre-release versions of ntpd, 38c0b746e5SOllivier Robertplease visit http://support.ntp.org/downloads and look for RC and/or 39c0b746e5SOllivier RobertDevelopment tarballs. 40c0b746e5SOllivier Robert 41c0b746e5SOllivier RobertDavid L. Mills (mills@udel.edu) 4221 June 1998 43