Network Time Services Scenario

Protocols for managing time synchronization between multiple computers on a network.

Specification

Description

[MS-SNTP]: Network Time Protocol (NTP) Authentication Extensions

Specifies the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Authentication Extensions, which is an authentication extension to the Network Time Protocol (NTP) version 3 ([RFC1305]) and the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) version 4 ([RFC2030]).

[MS-W32T]: W32Time Remote Protocol Specification

Specifies the W32Time Remote Protocol, which is used for controlling and monitoring a time service on a machine. This RPC interface supports time services that synchronize time using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 3, as specified in [RFC1305], as well as platform-specific hardware time sources.