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ntp 4.2.6p5

    1: The Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 4 Distribution
    2: 
    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