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Thread ID: 55811 2005-03-20 04:30:00 Time synchronization of Computer's Time Renmoo (66) Press F1
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336027 2005-03-20 06:40:00 When you double-click the time shown on your computer, and you click the Internet time tab, they provide you a list of time server that you can synchronize with, right? Now, that means synchronizing with the Internet, I presumed? Renmoo (66)
336028 2005-03-20 06:47:00 Yes , and you are questioning how come your firewall didn't query this process [ I think :o ] ? What firewall are you using ? KatiMike (242)
336029 2005-03-20 07:53:00 I am using Zonealarm version 5.5.062.011 Anyway, this is not really a big matter, just my curiosity on how the time synchronization works. Cheers :) Renmoo (66)
336030 2005-03-20 08:42:00 http://www.ntp-servers.com/

This site is worth a read.

Also google with network time protocol and ntp, to get quite a few interesting sites about synchronisation with time servers.
Terry Porritt (14)
336031 2005-03-20 08:48:00 Also NIST, previously the National Bureau of Standards:
www.boulder.nist.gov
Terry Porritt (14)
336032 2005-12-05 15:54:00 I've used a cheap radio timing device on my XP machine and it synchronises to a fraction of a second. I got it from:
[edit: URL removed]
tt01 (377)
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