Network Time Protocol (NTP) Parameters

Created
2010-03-25
Last Updated
2026-08-18
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NTP Reference Identifier Codes

Registration Procedure(s)
Specification Required
Expert(s)
Kurt Kristof Teichel, Miroslav Lichvar, David Venhoek
Reference
[RFC 5905][RFC 9748]
Note
Codes beginning with the character "X" are reserved for experimentation
and development. IANA cannot assign them.
    
Available Formats

CSV
ID Clock Source Reference
GOES Geosynchronous Orbit Environment Satellite [RFC 5905]
GPS Global Position System [RFC 5905]
GAL Galileo Positioning System [RFC 5905]
PPS Generic pulse-per-second [RFC 5905]
IRIG Inter-Range Instrumentation Group [RFC 5905]
WWVB LF Radio WWVB Ft. Collins, CO 60 kHz [RFC 5905]
DCF LF Radio DCF77 Mainflingen, DE 77.5 kHz [RFC 5905]
HBG LF Radio HBG Prangins, HB 75 kHz [RFC 5905]
MSF LF Radio MSF Anthorn, UK 60 kHz [RFC 5905]
JJY LF Radio JJY Fukushima, JP 40 kHz, Saga, JP 60 kHz [RFC 5905]
LORC MF Radio LORAN C station, 100 kHz [RFC 5905]
TDF MF Radio Allouis, FR 162 kHz [RFC 5905]
CHU HF Radio CHU Ottawa, Ontario [RFC 5905]
WWV HF Radio WWV Ft. Collins, CO [RFC 5905]
WWVH HF Radio WWVH Kauai, HI [RFC 5905]
NIST NIST telephone modem [RFC 5905]
ACTS NIST telephone modem [RFC 5905]
USNO USNO telephone modem [RFC 5905]
PTB European telephone modem [RFC 5905]
DFM UTC(DFM) [DFM_AS][Jürgen_Appel]

NTP Kiss-o'-Death Codes

Registration Procedure(s)
Specification Required
Expert(s)
Kurt Kristof Teichel, Miroslav Lichvar, David Venhoek
Reference
[RFC 5905][RFC 9748]
Note
Codes beginning with the character "X" are reserved for experimentation
and development. IANA cannot assign them.
    
Available Formats

CSV
ID Meaning Source Reference
ACST The association belongs to a unicast server [RFC 5905]
AUTH Server authentication failed [RFC 5905]
AUTO Autokey sequence failed [RFC 5905]
BCST The association belongs to a broadcast server [RFC 5905]
CRYP Cryptographic authentication or identification failed [RFC 5905]
DENY Access denied by remote server [RFC 5905]
DROP Lost peer in symmetric mode [RFC 5905]
RSTR Access denied due to local policy [RFC 5905]
INIT The association has not yet synchronized for the first time [RFC 5905]
MCST The association belongs to a dynamically discovered server [RFC 5905]
NKEY No key found. Either the key was never installed or is not trusted [RFC 5905]
NTSN Network Time Security (NTS) negative-acknowledgment (NAK) [RFC 8915, Section 5.7]
RATE Rate exceeded. The server has temporarily denied access because the client exceeded the rate threshold [RFC 5905]
RMOT Alteration of association from a remote host running ntpdc. [RFC 5905]
STEP A step change in system time has occurred, but the association has not yet resynchronized [RFC 5905]

NTP Extension Field Types

Registration Procedure(s)
Specification Required
Expert(s)
Kurt Kristof Teichel, Miroslav Lichvar, David Venhoek
Reference
[RFC 5905][RFC 5906][RFC 9748]
Note
Field Types in the range 0xF000 through 0xFFFF, inclusive, are reserved
for experimentation and development. IANA cannot assign them. Both NTS
Cookie and Autokey Message Request have the same Field Type; in practice
this is not a problem as the field semantics will be determined by other
parts of the message.
    
Note
The "Reserved for historic reasons" is for differences between the
original documentation and implementation of Autokey and marks the
erroneous values as reserved, in case there is an implementation that
used the registered values instead of what the original implementation
used.
    
Available Formats

CSV
Field Type Meaning Reference
0x0000 Crypto-NAK; authentication failure [RFC 5905]
0x0002 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x0102 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x0104 Unique Identifier [RFC 8915, Section 5.3]
0x010A Network Correction [RFC 10030]
0x0200 No-Operation Request [RFC 5906]
0x0201 Association Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0202 Certificate Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0203 Cookie Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0204 Autokey Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0204 NTS Cookie [RFC 8915, Section 5.4]
0x0205 Leapseconds Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0206 Sign Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0207 IFF Identity Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0208 GQ Identity Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0209 MV Identity Message Request [RFC 5906]
0x0302 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x0304 NTS Cookie Placeholder [RFC 8915, Section 5.5]
0x0402 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x0404 NTS Authenticator and Encrypted Extension Fields [RFC 8915, Section 5.6]
0x0502 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x0602 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x0702 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x0802 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x0902 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x2005 UDP Checksum Complement [RFC 7821]
0x8002 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x8102 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x8200 No-Operation Response [RFC 5906]
0x8201 Association Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8202 Certificate Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8203 Cookie Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8204 Autokey Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8205 Leapseconds Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8206 Sign Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8207 IFF Identity Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8208 GQ Identity Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8209 MV Identity Message Response [RFC 5906]
0x8302 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x8402 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x8502 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x8602 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x8702 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x8802 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0x8902 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC002 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC102 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC200 No-Operation Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC201 Association Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC202 Certificate Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC203 Cookie Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC204 Autokey Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC205 Leapseconds Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC206 Sign Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC207 IFF Identity Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC208 GQ Identity Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC209 MV Identity Message Error Response [RFC 5906]
0xC302 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC402 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC502 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC602 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC702 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC802 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xC902 Reserved for historic reasons [RFC 9748]
0xF000-0xFFFF Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC 9748]

Contact Information

ID Name Organization Contact URI Last Updated
[DFM_AS] DFM A/S https://dfm.dk 2023-05-03
[Jürgen_Appel] Jürgen Appel DFM A/S mailto:jap&dfm.dk 2023-05-03