In order for a server in your business to sync its time with that of a client computer, it needs to use what is known as Network Time Protocol (NTP). When your NTP server is working correctly, all ...

Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a highly scalable internet protocol that helps determine the most accurate time information and synchronizes the time settings on a computer system. In order to ...

Setting up a Unix system to be an NTP client is generally straightforward. On those Unix platforms that include NTP in the default configuration, you may only need to make a few adjustments to NTP’s ...

Making sure that every computer in your office displays the correct time and date is essential to keeping your employees in sync and preventing miscommunication in the workplace. Synchronizing the ...

Local clock inaccuracy is so miniscule as to not merit mention with respect to NTP. (around three orders of magnitude difference). Click to expand... For bare metal, yes. For virtual, no. Fire up ntpd ...

An apparent technical issue with a Microsoft server is leading to a number of users and data centers running Windows to receive the wrong time and date. The issue appears to stem from a network time ...

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The number of NTP (Network Time Protocol) servers that can be abused to amplify DDoS attacks has decreased dramatically this year, but the threat remains. DDoS (distributed denial of service) ...

Where's a good place to start looking for an NTP server? We're specifically looking for something that's not reliant on pulling the time from across the internet, so looks like a GPS based unit is the ...