This article describes the fundamental nature of time, how it is measured by movement, and how it is related to the concept of space. It also discusses the spin-offs from high technology time references and International time standards.

This article briefly describes how to utilise authentication to secure a time reference when synchronising network time clients to a NTP server.

This article discusses a number of methods of keeping a computers system time accurate. From utilising Internet based NTP servers to using GPS and radio time references, it attempts to shed light on how to keep your computer synchronised.

This article describes the methods that can be utilised to achieve synchronised time displays throughout an organisation.

This article describes how to configure the Windows Server 2000 and 2003 time service as a SNTP server. It also shows how to modify registry entries to configure the service to provide SNTP for synchronisation of network infrastructure.

This article provides straightforward installation and configuration information for the Linux version of the NTP distribution. It attempts to describe a simple NTP installation and goes through the configuration procedure required to provide a network time resource on a Linux machine.

This article attempts to briefly describe the features that can be used to maintain a secure network when implementing the Network Time Protocol.

Genuine atomic clocks are not a viable option for synchronising computers and computer networks. There are, however, alternative sources of highly precise time.

Time servers allow all the servers, workstations and other network infrastructure on a network to synchronise to a single precise reference. A Time Server obtains accurate timing information from an external time reference and maintains a precise internal time. This precise time is then made available to network clients for synchronisation purposes.

This article describes how time servers obtain accurate timing information to provide a highly precise timing reference for computer network time synchronisation. It discusses how NTP servers can utilise the precise atomic time generated by GPS to provide an accurate timing reference for computer systems.