154359SrobertoThe Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 Distribution 254359Sroberto 354359SrobertoThis is a distribution of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 454359Srobertosources and documentation. NTP can be used by Unix, DEC VMS and 554359SrobertoMicrosoft Windows NT platforms to synchronize the computer clock to 654359Srobertoexternal sources of time, such as other NTP time servers or a local 754359Srobertoradio clock. The daemon included in this distribution can operate as a 854359Srobertoserver, a client, or a relay from a set of servers to a dependent client 954359Srobertopopulation on a local net. This distribution includes the daemon itself, 1054359Srobertoplus utility programs and supporting documentation. 1154359Sroberto 1254359SrobertoYou are welcome to the lot, with due consideration of the copyright 1354359Srobertoinformation in the COPYRIGHT file. You are also invited to contribute 1454359Srobertobugfixes and drivers for new and exotic radios, telephones and sundials. 1554359SrobertoThis distribution is normally available by anonymous ftp as the 16182007Srobertocompressed tar archive ntp-<version>.tar.gz in the pub/ntp directory on 17182007Srobertohuey.udel.edu and <version> is the version number. The current stable 18280849Scyand development version numbers can be found at <http://www.ntp.org>. 1954359Sroberto 2054359SrobertoA considerable amount of documentation, including build instructions, 2154359Srobertoconfiguration advice, program usage and miscellaneous information is 2254359Srobertoincluded in the ./html directory of this distribution. The intended 2354359Srobertoaccess method is using a web browser such as netscape; however, the 2454359Srobertopages have been formatted so that viewing with an ordinary text editor 25182007Srobertois practical. Start the browser on the ./html/index.html page, which 2654359Srobertocontains additional instructions and hotlinks to the remaining pages. 2754359SrobertoSome hotlinks for the larger documents, such as related technical 2854359Srobertomemoranda, reports and papers, lead to other web sites where this 2954359Srobertoinformation is stashed. We apologize for the inconvenience this may 3054359Srobertocause for users without Internet and World Wide Web access. 3154359Sroberto 3254359SrobertoIf you are an old hand and just want to build the distribution, you 3354359Srobertomight find the INSTALL file a useful shortcut. A descriptive list of all 3454359Srobertofiles in the base directory of this distribution is in the README file. 3554359SrobertoA list of "significant" changes for the release is in the NEWS file. 3654359Sroberto 3754359SrobertoIf you're interested in helping us test pre-release versions of ntpd, 38280849Scyplease visit http://support.ntp.org/downloads and look for RC and/or 39280849ScyDevelopment tarballs. 4054359Sroberto 4154359SrobertoDavid L. Mills (mills@udel.edu) 4254359Sroberto21 June 1998 43