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Re: NTP Necessary?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wwatson@danaan.MIT.EDU)
Tue May 17 22:25:13 1994

To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: 17 May 94 15:51:28
From: wwatson@danaan.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: wwatson@danaan.MIT.EDU

NTP is not necessary. However the clocks between client/host/KDC have to be in sync for the timestamping of the network packet. The network packet gets timestamped to prevent capture and replay at a later time.

will.watson@mccaw.com

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