Network Time Protocol
RFC 958, “Network Time Protocol”, is an Unknown document published in September 1985 by D.L. Mills. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1059, RFC 1119, RFC 1305 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes the Network Time Protocol (NTP), a protocol for synchronizing a set of network clocks using a set of distributed clients and servers. NTP is built on the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), which provides a connectionless transport mechanism. It is evolved from the Time Protocol and the ICMP Timestamp message and is a suitable replacement for both. This RFC suggests a proposed protocol for the ARPA-Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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- RFC 957 Experiments in network clock synchronization
- RFC 959 File Transfer Protocol
- RFC 956 Algorithms for synchronizing network clocks
- RFC 960 Assigned numbers
- RFC 955 Towards a transport service for transaction processing applications
- RFC 961 Official ARPA-Internet protocols
- RFC 954 NICNAME/WHOIS
- RFC 962 TCP-4 prime