[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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