Written by Dr. David L. Mills, the original developer of the Network Time Protocol (NTP), 'Computer Network Time Synchronization: The Network Time Protocol on Earth and in Space, Second Edition' addresses the technological infrastructure of time dissemination, distribution, and synchronization—specifically the architecture, protocols, and algorithms of the NTP. This system has been active in one form or another for almost three decades on the Internet and numerous private networks on the nether side of firewalls. Just about everything today that can be connected to a network wire has support for NTP. This book describes the principal components of an NTP client and how network time protocol works with redundant servers and diverse network paths; provides an in-depth description of cryptographic and other critical algorithms critical to NTP (through NTPv4, the current version); and, presents an overview of the engineering principles guiding network configuration.