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RFC 1305: Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, Implementation and Analysis

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 5905.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 5905Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document describes the Network Time Protocol (NTP), specifies its formal structure and summarizes information useful for its implementation.

Document record

Document ID
RFC1305
Published
March 1992
Authors
D. Mills
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
Legacy
Area
Pages
109
Also known as
Obsoleted by:
RFC 5905

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 9 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 958 (1985)
  2. RFC 1059 (1988)
  3. RFC 1119 (1989)
  4. RFC 1305 (1992)
  5. RFC 1361 (1992)
  6. RFC 1769 (1995)
  7. RFC 2030 (1996)
  8. RFC 4330 (2006)
  9. RFC 5905 (2010)

Read the full history of Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification

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