Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

stapp · Jan 20, 2024

Dr. Mills created the Network Time Protocol (NTP) in 1985 to address a crucial challenge in the online world: the synchronization of time across different computer systems and networks. In a digital environment where computers and servers are located all over the world, each with its own internal clock, there's a significant need for a standardized and accurate timekeeping system.
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Aside from his work on NTP, Mills also invented the first "Fuzzball router" for NSFNET (one of the first modern routers, based on the DEC PDP-11 computer), created one of the first implementations of FTP, inspired the creation of "ping," and played a key role in Internet architecture as the first chairman of the Internet Architecture Task Force.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...s-time-on-billions-of-devices-dies-at-age-85/

Brummelchen · Jan 20, 2024

RIP, Dr. Mills.
the pioneers of internet are passing away one by one, pity.

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