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README.md

Running the timeserver

Use make to compile the timeserver. Use make run to run the timeserver. This will run on an infinite loop. Use Ctrl+C to stop the timeserver.

timeserver communication

Communicating with the server can happen using netcat in UDP mode (-u flag).

timeserver information

The timeserver runs on UDP port 8888. The timeserver will wait for time\r\n to be sent on this port, and if received, will send back a response of the time (in ms) since January 1st, 1970 (UNIX Epoch).

pcap information

A demonstration of the timeserver has been captured with Wireshark in the included demo.pcap file.