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


From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () mail-abuse org>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:28:31 -0800


On 11/16/00, 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?  Even if it's
a list of "AOL users should try 'time.aol.com' first" rules, that might
be an improvement....

        Many of them are named "time" or "clock," but then there's
        historical sites like clepsydra....

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