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1.1       misho       1: The Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 Distribution
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                      3: This is a distribution of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4
                      4: sources and documentation. NTP can be used by Unix, DEC VMS and
                      5: Microsoft Windows NT platforms to synchronize the computer clock to
                      6: external sources of time, such as other NTP time servers or a local
                      7: radio clock. The daemon included in this distribution can operate as a
                      8: server, a client, or a relay from a set of servers to a dependent client
                      9: population on a local net. This distribution includes the daemon itself,
                     10: plus utility programs and supporting documentation.
                     11: 
                     12: You are welcome to the lot, with due consideration of the copyright
                     13: information in the COPYRIGHT file. You are also invited to contribute
                     14: bugfixes and drivers for new and exotic radios, telephones and sundials.
                     15: This distribution is normally available by anonymous ftp as the
                     16: compressed tar archive ntp-<version>.tar.gz in the pub/ntp directory on
                     17: huey.udel.edu and <version> is the version number. The current stable
                     18: and development version numbers can be found at <http://www.ntp.org>.
                     19: 
                     20: A considerable amount of documentation, including build instructions,
                     21: configuration advice, program usage and miscellaneous information is
                     22: included in the ./html directory of this distribution. The intended
                     23: access method is using a web browser such as netscape; however, the
                     24: pages have been formatted so that viewing with an ordinary text editor
                     25: is practical. Start the browser on the ./html/index.html page, which
                     26: contains additional instructions and hotlinks to the remaining pages.
                     27: Some hotlinks for the larger documents, such as related technical
                     28: memoranda, reports and papers, lead to other web sites where this
                     29: information is stashed. We apologize for the inconvenience this may
                     30: cause for users without Internet and World Wide Web access.
                     31: 
                     32: If you are an old hand and just want to build the distribution, you
                     33: might find the INSTALL file a useful shortcut. A descriptive list of all
                     34: files in the base directory of this distribution is in the README file.
                     35: A list of "significant" changes for the release is in the NEWS file.
                     36: 
                     37: If you're interested in helping us test pre-release versions of ntpd,
                     38: please look in <ftp://huey.udel.edu/pub/ntp/testing/>.
                     39: 
                     40: David L. Mills (mills@udel.edu)
                     41: 21 June 1998