[lug] Java Applet

[Scott A. Herod]

You could also write some other server that just sprays time and
hope latency is less than your threshold.  You could also make a 
cgi request for the time from your applet.  That way you go through
port 80 ( or whatever it is ) and you would hope latency isn't
too bad.  Sending the time with the applet at start up would incure
more latency because the java VM is really slow to start.

Kyle Moore wrote:
> 
> Yeah, but if my client sits behind a firewall that is blocking the ntp
> port, I'm screwed.
> 
> "Scott A. Herod" wrote:
> >
> > With an applet?  You would need for your applet server to also be
> > an ntp server.  If it is, then just open up a socket connection back
> > to the ntp port and get the time.  I assume that protocol is easy
> > to find.
> >
> > Scott
> >