RFC 1165 (rfc1165) - Page 1 of 10
Network Time Protocol (NTP) over the OSI Remote Operations Service
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Network Working Group J. Crowcroft
Request for Comments: 1165 UCL
J. Onions
Nottingham University
June 1990
Network Time Protocol (NTP) over the OSI
Remote Operations Service
Status of this Memo
This memo suggests an Experimental Protocol for the OSI and Internet
communities. Hosts in either community, and in particular those on
both are encouraged to experiment with this mechanism. Please refer
to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol Standards" for
the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution
of this memo is unlimited.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction........................................... 1
1.1 Motivation............................................ 1
2. Protocol Overview...................................... 2
3. Operation of the Protocol.............................. 3
4. Network Considerations................................. 4
5. Implementation Model................................... 4
6. Constructing NTP Data Fields........................... 4
7. Discussion............................................. 4
8. Prototype Experience................................... 5
9. References............................................. 5
10. Acknowledgements...................................... 6
Appendix A. NTP Remote Operations Service Specification... 6
11. Security Considerations............................... 9
12. Authors' Addresses.................................... 9
1. Introduction
This document describes the Remote Operations and Abstract Syntax for
the operation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) over an ISO OSI
stack.
NTP itself is documented in great detail in RFC 1119.
1.1 Motivation
The motivation behind the implementation of a Remote Operations
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