[ntp:questions] Re: Is compression of the NTP negotiation possible?

David Schwartz davids at webmaster.com
Sat Jan 17 21:54:34 UTC 2004


"Hal Murray" <hmurray at suespammers.org> wrote in message 
news:100hvgpa065p0ce at corp.supernews.com...


> [connected via dialup 2 hours out of 24]

>>    You probably don't want to use 'ntp'. It's not really designed for 
>> this
>>type of application. You could just run 'ntpdate' right after you connect.

> I agree, but what would you do if you had those constraints
> and wanted to run a ntp like program?


    I remember there being tools that do just this. They do a time update 
from a server when you run them, compute the drift, and do a one-time 
adjustment of the kernel's time rate.

    Is this machine on most of the time and just not reachable over the net? 
Or does the power go on and off?

    DS







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