National Institute of Standards and Technology / United States Naval Observatory / / /
IndustryTerm
directory services / security applications / time server / written web site / distributed computing environment / corporate local area network / default authentication protocol / network time protocol / distributed computing / software modules / security systems / Internet-based time sources / Internet time / system software / software development / good timekeeping solution / digital certificate authentication systems / industrystandard protocol / particular timekeeping solution / real Internet time / time management / ways applications / quality server / online agreement / time-dependent software / order processing / network time server / /
OperatingSystem
UNIX / Linux / Microsoft Windows / /
Organization
DCE’s Distributed Time Service / MIT / NIST’s Automated Computer Time Service / National Association of Security Dealers / National Institute of Standards and Technology / European Union / / /
Position
system administrator / /
ProgrammingLanguage
XML / /
ProvinceOrState
California / /
Technology
SNMP / LAN / XML / industrystandard protocol / UNIX / Linux / GPS / UDP / operating systems / process control / network file system / Windows default authentication protocol / PDF / Ethernet / digital certificate / firewall / network time protocol / /
The Five Dangers of Poor Network Timekeeping It’s an all-too-common problem. When the clocks in a network fall out of sync, bad things happen. Solutions, however, can be easy to implement, inexpensive, and highly effec