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      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.
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     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>.
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     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.
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     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.
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     37 If you're interested in helping us test pre-release versions of ntpd,
     38 please visit http://support.ntp.org/downloads and look for RC and/or
     39 Development tarballs.
     40 
     41 David L. Mills (mills (a] udel.edu)
     42 21 June 1998
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