Path: utzoo!utstat!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.morningstar.com!bob From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: news.software.nntp Subject: Re: A suggested solution (was Re: When was last?) Message-ID: Date: 8 Dec 89 17:05:46 GMT References: <1989Dec7.212233.12005@me.toronto.edu> <82@van-bc.UUCP> Sender: news@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Organization: Morning Star Technologies Lines: 23 In-reply-to: skl@van-bc.UUCP's message of 8 Dec 89 05:54:57 GMT In article <82@van-bc.UUCP> skl@van-bc.UUCP (Samuel Lam) writes: In article <1989Dec7.212233.12005@me.toronto.edu>, eastick@me.utoronto.ca (Doug Eastick) wrote: If you can talk NNTP, why not talk NTP (Network Time Protocol) as well? Is NTP available for Xenix V boxes with SCO TCP/IP then? One of the developers is inside HP, so SysV stuff is pretty well available. Ports exist to MS-DOS (and I believe VMS), so other hostile environments (meaning those without convenient BSD-like facilities) should be do-able. Please contact ntp@trantor.umd.edu for current details. Might as well strive for the perfect world... ...maintainence resources here is at a premium... it's one project versus two. NTP installation is fairly straightforward. Since it is a general facility, it provides benefits to activities other than news. For instance, time-dependent NFS weirdnesses decrease in frequency. Many sites, even those not running NNTP, consider correct timekeeping a benefit worth investing a day or so into.