>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
The ntp protocol fetches time from one of the second level (preferred) NIST
time machines, which is what I believe the original poster wanted to do.
If this is not what the original poster wanted to do, then "never mind."
MB
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