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Time Server Protocol

Question Text​

What format does the message exchanged between the server and the client have?

Question Answers​

  • 4 byte length (little endian) followed by 8 byte timestamp (little endian)

  • 8 byte length (little endian) followed by 4 byte timestamp (little endian)

  • 4 byte length (big endian) followed by 8 byte timestamp (big endian)
  • 8 byte length (big endian) followed by 4 byte timestamp (big endian)

Feedback​

If we consider one output example:

00000000  00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00  63 1b a9 50              |........c..P|
0000000c

We can identify the 4 byte length in big endian (00 00 00 08), then the 8 byte timestamp (00 00 00 00 63 1b a9 50), also in big endian.