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Re: NTP via GPS
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer () mauigateway com>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 12:27:06 -0700
--- fkittred () gwi net wrote: From: Fletcher Kittredge <fkittred () gwi net> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 12:12 AM Richard <rgolodner () infratection com> wrote:
I found this article very helpful as I knew very little. I was smarter for reading it though it may be to basic for many: https://timetoolsltd.com/gps/gps-ntp-server/
It is basic and has at least some inaccuracies. I skimmed it and found: "The NTP protocol was originally developed for the LINUX operating system. " Kids these days.... so much history lost. For those under 60 revolutions of the sun: NTP and related protocols far pre-date Linux. Linux is a relatively late arriving implementation of Unix. The vast majority of intellectual property behind Linux was from prior variants of Unix; Linux was just a free, unencumbered version that was widely adopted. ----------------------------------------------- https://tools.ietf.org/pdf/rfc958.pdf Network Working Group D.L. MillsRequest for Comments: 958 M/A-COM Linkabit September 1985 Network Time Protocol (NTP) No linux in 1985... scott
Current thread:
- NTP via GPS Richard (May 01)
- Re: NTP via GPS William Allen Simpson (May 02)
- Re: NTP via GPS Fletcher Kittredge (May 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: NTP via GPS Scott Weeks (May 02)