{"id":659,"date":"2009-12-04T11:12:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T11:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galsys.co.uk\/news\/?p=659"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:42:53","slug":"secrets-of-time-synchronization-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galsys.co.uk\/news\/secrets-of-time-synchronization-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of Time Synchronization Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galsys.co.uk\">Time synchronization<\/a> is a crucial aspect of computer networking. Ensuring all machines on a network are synchronised to the global timescale, UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), otherwise time sensitive transactions with other networks would be impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Time synchronization is made easy thanks to the Network Time Protocol (NTP) which was devised in the early days of the Internet for that very purpose. It works be utilising a single time source (usually UTC) which is then distributed amongst all devices on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntp-time-server.com\/\">NTP network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\">UTC time source<\/a> is often taken from the Internet on networks where security is not a great issue but as this involves leaving an open port in a network firewall for many networks the vulnerability this can leave isn\u2019t worth the risk.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galsys.co.uk\">network time servers<\/a> (often referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galsys.co.uk\/categories\/ntp-server.html\">NTP servers<\/a>) are used by many networks as a secure and even more accurate method of receiving UTC. These devices receive the UTC time direct from an atomic clock source.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, these dedicated time servers operate external to the firewall and network and use sources such as GPS or radio frequencies to pick up the time codes.<\/p>\n<p>For ease of synchronisation there are various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntp-time-server.com\/ntp-software\/\">time synchronisation software<\/a> packages that run hand-in-hand with NTP and allow, through browser interfaces, easy configuration of the time synchronization throughout the network.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst these time synchronisation software packages aren\u2019t essential in using most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomic-clock.galleon.eu.com\/time-servers\/time-servers.html\">NTP servers<\/a>, the standard software installed in operating systems is often lacking or quite complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Most specialist producers of dedicated network time servers will produce a times service client to allow configuration and these are probably best suited for the device from that suppler. 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