[ntp:questions] question about NTP connection
Brad Knowles
brad at stop.mail-abuse.org
Mon Sep 26 17:18:29 UTC 2005
At 3:54 PM +0200 2005-09-26, VORMS THIERRY (Externe) wrote:
> I have another question about the connection type for NTP.
>
> I want to discuss about the NTP protocol and not only the NTPD daemon.
>
> Is the connection mode limited with UDP mode ?
NTP uses UDP exclusively. No attempt is ever made to use TCP --
to do so would totally destroy the accuracy you're trying to achieve.
> Whats about broadcasting NTP time with for exemple Tardis / K9 ?
Dunno. You should ask their authors or read their documentation.
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