1118699StrhodesThe Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 Distribution 2118699Strhodes 3118699StrhodesThis is a distribution of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 4118699Strhodessources and documentation. NTP can be used by Unix, DEC VMS and 5118699StrhodesMicrosoft Windows NT platforms to synchronize the computer clock to 6118699Strhodesexternal sources of time, such as other NTP time servers or a local 7118699Strhodesradio clock. The daemon included in this distribution can operate as a 8118699Strhodesserver, a client, or a relay from a set of servers to a dependent client 9118699Strhodespopulation on a local net. This distribution includes the daemon itself, 10118699Strhodesplus utility programs and supporting documentation. 11118699Strhodes 12118699StrhodesYou are welcome to the lot, with due consideration of the copyright 13118699Strhodesinformation in the COPYRIGHT file. You are also invited to contribute 14118699Strhodesbugfixes and drivers for new and exotic radios, telephones and sundials. 15118699StrhodesThis distribution is normally available by anonymous ftp as the 16118699Strhodescompressed tar archive ntp-<version>.tar.gz in the pub/ntp directory on 17118699Strhodeshuey.udel.edu and <version> is the version number. The current stable 18118699Strhodesand development version numbers can be found at <http://www.ntp.org>. 19118699Strhodes 20118699StrhodesA considerable amount of documentation, including build instructions, 21118699Strhodesconfiguration advice, program usage and miscellaneous information is 22118699Strhodesincluded in the ./html directory of this distribution. The intended 23118699Strhodesaccess method is using a web browser such as netscape; however, the 24118699Strhodespages have been formatted so that viewing with an ordinary text editor 25118699Strhodesis practical. Start the browser on the ./html/index.html page, which 26118699Strhodescontains additional instructions and hotlinks to the remaining pages. 27118699StrhodesSome hotlinks for the larger documents, such as related technical 28214387Sbcrmemoranda, reports and papers, lead to other web sites where this 29118699Strhodesinformation is stashed. We apologize for the inconvenience this may 30118699Strhodescause for users without Internet and World Wide Web access. 31118699Strhodes 32118699StrhodesIf you are an old hand and just want to build the distribution, you 33118699Strhodesmight find the INSTALL file a useful shortcut. A descriptive list of all 34118699Strhodesfiles in the base directory of this distribution is in the README file. 35118699StrhodesA list of "significant" changes for the release is in the NEWS file. 36118699Strhodes 37118699StrhodesIf you're interested in helping us test pre-release versions of ntpd, 38118699Strhodesplease visit http://support.ntp.org/downloads and look for RC and/or 39118699StrhodesDevelopment tarballs. 40118699Strhodes 41118699StrhodesDavid L. Mills (mills@udel.edu) 42118699Strhodes21 June 1998 43118699Strhodes