RFC 7821: UDP Checksum Complement in the Network Time Protocol (NTP)

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) allows clients to synchronize to a time server using timestamped protocol messages. To facilitate accurate timestamping, some…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 5905: Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification
Normative reference — RFC 1624: Computation of the Internet Checksum via Incremental Update
Normative reference — RFC 7822: Network Time Protocol Version 4 (NTPv4) Extension Fields
Informative reference — RFC 6936: Applicability Statement for the Use of IPv6 UDP Datagrams with Zero Checksums
Informative reference — RFC 7384: Security Requirements of Time Protocols in Packet Switched Networks
Informative reference — RFC 7820: UDP Checksum Complement in the One-Way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP) and Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9748: Updating the NTP Registries
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7822: Network Time Protocol Version 4 (NTPv4) Extension Fields
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7820: UDP Checksum Complement in the One-Way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP) and Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)