Ntimed Project

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Ntimed is a tightly-focused NTP implementation designed for high security and high performance. The NTP Project’s software is most likely the longest-running software project on the Internet. It was designed as a Reference Implementation, so it does as much as it can to make sure that the complete NTP Protocol specification can be demonstrably proven to be portable and robust. This is a good and necessary thing. And while the codebase has been wildly successful and has had an enviable security record, it is very big and has had some rare problems (which have been made worse by the fact that its codebase is so very widely used) and there are an increasing number of cases where a highly-focused tool is preferred. Enter the Ntimed Project.

The Ntimed Project is the result of decades of Poul-Henning Kamp’s experience as an NTP Project Developer, a “time nut”, and his vast experience with computer network timekeeping.

The Ntimed Project is comprised of three packages:

At some point in the future the ability to use PTP will likely enter the picture.