Re: Any "standard" name for ISP time services?

[Ran Atkinson <rja () extremenetworks com>]

At 15:05 16/11/00, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> I'm currently composing a note to a software house, which is asking for
> permission to list some of our NTP servers in their software's config
> files.
> Before I do that, is there any "standard" for ISP's for naming their
> hosts that provide time service on ports 13, 37, or 123?  

        I have seen two conventions pretty widely used.  
I prefer (1) for style reasons, but (2) seems equally sensible.

1)              clock.<domain>

Examples:       clock.home.net
                clock.nrl.navy.mil
                clock.umd.edu
                clock.cmc.ec.qc.ca
                clock.uregina.ca
                clock.cuhk.edu.hk
                clock.nc.fukuoka-u.ac.jp
                clock.isc.org
                clock.sgi.com
                clock.via.net
                clock.osf.org
                clock.llnl.gov

2)              ntp.<domain>

Examples:       See  http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1.htm


Ran
rja () extremenetworks com