Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!bbn!bbn.com!mfidelma From: mfidelma@bbn.com (Miles Fidelman) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Network Time Message-ID: <26519@bbn.COM> Date: 5 Jul 88 17:37:48 GMT Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: mfidelma@BBN.COM () Distribution: na Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 7 FYI: I recently came across a large military network that has an interesting approach to maintaining network time: Each switching center has a Loran-C receiver from which they derive time and clocking. Since the Loran system maintains a very accurate clock (it's intrinsic to proper operation), this all seems to work.