OpenNTPD
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OpenNTPD (also known as OpenBSD NTP Daemon) is a Unix daemon implementing the Network Time Protocol to synchronize the local clock of a computer system with remote NTP servers. It is also able to act as an NTP server to NTP-compatible clients.
Key facts
- Software.name
- OpenNTPD (aka OpenBSD NTP Daemon)
- Software.logo
- OpenNTPD.jpg
- Software.logo size
- 300px
- Software.logo caption
- "Saving the world again... on time"
- Software.developer
- The OpenBSD Project
- Software.latest release version
- 6.8p1
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.operating system
- OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, macOS, Solaris
- Software.genre
- Time synchronization
- Software.license
- ISC
- Software.standard
- RFC 1305, RFC 5905
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.openntpd.org
- Image
- Puffyanim.gif
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- source code repository URL
- github.com/openntpd-portable/openntpd-openbsd
- software version identifier
- 6.8p1
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OpenNTPD (also known as OpenBSD NTP Daemon) is a Unix daemon implementing the Network Time Protocol to synchronize the local clock of a computer system with remote NTP servers. It is also able to act as an NTP server to NTP-compatible clients.
OpenBSD NTP Daemon was initially developed by Alexander Guy and Henning Brauer as part of the OpenBSD project, with further help by many authors. Its design goals include being secure (non-exploitable), easy to configure, and accurate enough for most purposes. Its portable version, like that of OpenSSH, is developed as a child project which adds the portability code to the OpenBSD version and releases it separately. The portable version is developed by Brent Cook. The project developers receive some funding from the OpenBSD Foundation.