Computer Network Time Synchronization: The Network Time Protocol

Mills (electrical and computer engineering, computer and information sciences, U. of Delaware), the original developer of the Network Time Protocol (NTP), describes the maintenance of accurate computer time, and the technological infrastructure of time dissemination, distribution, and synchronization, with attention to the architecture, protocols, and algorithms of NTP. He details the components of an NTP client and how it works; principles guiding network configuration and resource discovery; performance, radio, satellite, and telephone modem dissemination; kernel software that improves accuracy; security and cryptographic algorithms; errors; modeling and analysis of the computer clock; international timekeeping; and the technical history of NTP. The book is intended as a reference for NTP administrators or for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in computer engineering and computer science.