Re: A question about some network services
rdate is probably easier to use. ntp requires at least a little
configuration, but it is more accurate.
xn
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 06:56:30PM +0200, eim wrote:
> First of all thanks to all for responses.
>
> On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 20:22, Holger Eitzenberger wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 09:16:03AM +0200, Emmanuel Lacour wrote:
> >
> > > > 'time' is RFC 868, a pre-NTP time synchronization protocol. It just
> > > > sends the time as a 32-bit int, where:
> > > >
> > > > "The time is the number of seconds since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900
> > > > GMT, such that the time 1 is 12:00:01 am on 1 January 1900 GMT; this
> > > > base will serve until the year 2036."
> > > >
> > > > I think it sends it big-endian, but I'm not sure.
> > >
> > > Is it used by the old rdate tools?
>
> Old rdate tools ? I use them regulary to update my
> servers with the current time, is it more convenient
> to install an NTP server on my local network ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> >
> > Indeed. It's quite usefull if you don't have a NTP server at
> > hand, e. g. behind a firewall. It's not ok if you need accuracy
> > of less than 1 sec.
> >
> > /Holger
> >
> >
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> > ++ GnuPG Key -> http://www.t-online.de/~holger.eitzenberger ++
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