On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 04:32:05PM -0600, Vidiot wrote:
>
> I don't know what is part of the "nist" package, but the protocol to go
> out over the net to obtain the time is "ntp" (Network Time Protocol) and
> it uses the TCP and UDP port 123.
>
a simple "telnet hostname 13" will get time of day at hostname.
don't actually need ntp. i do not know what nist actually uses
but it works. i run nist from cron once a day. it keeps my clock
close enough.
paul
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