Symmetricom Time Server NTP Version 3, NTPQ, and Ntpdc, NTP V 3.0 Data Format per RFC-1305

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NTP Version 3, NTPQ, and NTPDC

This appendix describes two NTP version 3 data formats:

•NTP version 3, per RFC-1305

•SNTP version 3, per RFC-2030 and query programs NTPQ and NTPDC.

TimeVault fully supports NTP version 4, (backwards compatible with NTP version 2,

RFC-1119, and version 3, RFC-1305), and SNTP as per RFC 2030.

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A.1 NTP V 3.0 Data Format per RFC-1305

A.1.1 NTP Data Packet

The layout of the NTP data packet information following the UDP header is shown below, and each element is described on the following pages:

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