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        RFC 1361:

        Title:      Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)
        Author:     D. Mills
        Mailbox:    mills@udel.edu
        Pages:      10
        Characters: 23,812
        Update/Obsoletes:  none


This memorandum describes the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP),
which is an adaptation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) used to
synchronize computer clocks in the Internet. SNTP can be used when the
ultimate performance of the full NTP implementation described in
RFC-1305 is not needed or justified. It involves no change to the
current or previous NTP specification versions or known
implementations, but rather a clarification of certain design features
of NTP which allow operation in a simple, stateless RPC mode with
accuracy and reliability expectations similar to the UDP/TIME protocol
described in RFC-868.

This memorandum does not obsolete or update any RFC. A working
knowledge of RFC-1305 is not required for an implementation of SNTP.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
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