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Bug#737045: ITP: htpdate -- HTTP based time synchronization tool



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br>

* Package name    : htpdate
  Version         : 1.0.7
  Upstream Author : Eddy Vervest <eddy@vervest.org>
* URL             : http://www.vervest.org/fiki/bin/view/HTP/WebHome
* License         : GPL-2.0+
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : HTTP based time synchronization tool

 The  HTTP Time Protocol (HTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time with
 web servers as reference time source. This program can be used in networks
 that has a firewall blocking the NTP port.
 .
 Htp will synchronize your computer's time to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), via
 HTTP headers from web servers.  The htpdate package includes a program for
 retrieving the date and time from remote machines via a network.
 .
 Htpdate works through proxy servers. Accuracy of htpdate will be usually
 within 0.5 seconds (better with multiple servers).


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