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236 Part III — <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Hacking</strong><br />

Turning Your PC into a High-Precision Atomic Clock<br />

For many people, having accurate time is important, and some people go to great lengths to<br />

ensure that the time on their PC is as accurate as possible.<br />

For the ultimate in accurate timing, you need access to an atomic clock. This will give you undisputed<br />

accuracy, but it comes with a huge price tag. Another option is to synchronize your PC<br />

clock with a time server on the Internet.<br />

Many of these use National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) time, but there are<br />

many others around the world.<br />

Here is a list of the U.S.-based NIST time servers:<br />

Name IP Address Location<br />

time-a.nist.gov 129.6.15.28 NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland<br />

time-b.nist.gov 129.6.15.29 NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland<br />

time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.101 NIST, Boulder, Colorado<br />

time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.102 NIST, Boulder, Colorado<br />

time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.103 NIST, Boulder, Colorado<br />

utcnist.colorado.edu 128.138.140.44 University of Colorado, Boulder<br />

time.nist.gov 192.43.244.18 NCAR, Boulder, Colorado<br />

time-nw.nist.gov 131.107.1.10 Microsoft, Redmond, Washington<br />

nist1.symmetricom.com 69.25.96.13 Symmetricom, San Jose, California<br />

nist1-dc.glassey.com 216.200.93.8 Abovenet, Virginia<br />

nist1-ny.glassey.com 216.200.93.9 Abovenet, New York City<br />

nist1-sj.glassey.com 207.126.98.204 Abovenet, San Jose, California<br />

nist1.aol-ca.truetime.com 207.200.81.113 TrueTime, AOL facility, Sunnyvale, California<br />

nist1.aol-va.truetime.com 64.236.96.53 TrueTime, AOL facility, Virginia<br />

These time servers offer you a way to quickly and regularly update your clock to ensure that it<br />

is as accurate as possible. Of course, it does require a connection to the Internet, and high traffic<br />

on the Internet or your connection can cause problems with the accuracy.<br />

If you are using time servers located on the Internet to adjust your PC clock, make sure that you<br />

are using the most accurate stratum 1 time servers.<br />

If you are interested in setting your clock over the Internet, rather than GPS, and you want control<br />

over the time server used, you can’t do much better than to use a piece of shareware called<br />

Sync-It with Atom, available from www.tolvanen.com/syncit.

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