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  2. NTP server misuse and abuse - Wikipedia

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    NTP server misuse and abuse covers a number of practices which cause damage or degradation to a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server, ranging from flooding it with traffic (effectively a DDoS attack) or violating the server's access policy or the NTP rules of engagement. One incident was branded NTP vandalism in an open letter from Poul-Henning ...

  3. Network Time Protocol - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Network Time Protocol ( NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable- latency data networks. In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in current use. NTP was designed by David L. Mills of the University of Delaware .

  4. Real-Time Streaming Protocol - Wikipedia

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    RFC (s) RFC 2326, 7826. The Real-Time Streaming Protocol ( RTSP) is an application-level network protocol designed for multiplexing and packetizing multimedia transport streams (such as interactive media, video and audio) over a suitable transport protocol. RTSP is used in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers.

  5. MikroTik - Wikipedia

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    The second is MikroTik RouterBOARD, a line of products that includes various types of ethernet routers and switches and outdoor wireless systems. RouterOS. MikroTik RouterOS is an operating system based on the Debian GNU/Linux kernel, specifically designed for routers. It is installed on the company's produced networking hardware - RouterBOARD ...

  6. Time server - Wikipedia

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    A time server is a server computer that reads the actual time from a reference clock and distributes this information to its clients using a computer network. The time server may be a local network time server or an internet time server. The most important and widely used protocol for distributing and synchronising time over the Internet is the ...

  7. Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol - Wikipedia

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    Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. In computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol ( L2TP) is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks (VPNs) or as part of the delivery of services by ISPs. It uses encryption ('hiding') only for its own control messages (using an optional pre-shared secret), and does not provide any encryption ...

  8. Time Protocol - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Time Protocol is a network protocol in the Internet Protocol Suite defined in 1983 in RFC 868 by Jon Postel and K. Harrenstein. Its purpose is to provide a site-independent, machine readable date and time. The Time Protocol may be implemented over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) or the User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

  9. NTP pool - Wikipedia

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    The NTP pool is a dynamic collection of networked computers that volunteer to provide highly accurate time via the Network Time Protocol to clients worldwide. The machines that are "in the pool" are part of the pool.ntp.org domain as well as of several subdomains divided by geographical zone and are distributed to NTP clients via round-robin DNS .