Network Time Protocol
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This section consists of a formal definition of the Network Time
Protocol, including its data formats, entities, state variables,
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... Mills, D., "Network Time Protocol (NTP)", RFC-958(-> 1305draft | 1119(-> 1305draft) | 1059(-> 1305draft | 1119(-> 1305draft))), M/A-COM Linkabit, September 1985. ...
... performance did not seem to much improve for
values of n above eight, this value was chosen as the standard.
Network Time Protocol (Version 1): Specification and Implementation.
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