Lockon wrote: > Hi, I would appreciate if someone could tell me the reason to use the > freeware ntpd rather than xntpd that is built into Solaris 8. I have > searched but I can find no compelling argument. > > Thank you in advance. > > Sunil Gupta
The version of xntpd distributed with Solaris 8 is eight to ten years old now! A lot of work has been done on ntpd (the "x" is no longer used). Features have been added, bugs have been fixed, etc. The current version of ntpd is V4.x. I don't know what x=. A committee is writing a new RFC to document NTPD V4. If memory serves me, it has been at least 18 months now. Perhaps in four or five years they will finish a draft that they call all agree on. I am not going to hold my breath! The version distributed with Solaris 8 is old but still works. A new version MIGHT work better. You can download the current version from the website: http://www.ntp.org _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
