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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <errno.h>
#define NTP_TIMESTAMP_DELTA 2208988800ull
#define NTP_PORT 123
#define NTP_PACKET_SIZE 48
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <ntp_server>\n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
const char *host = argv[1];
int sockfd;
struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
struct hostent *server;
// Create socket
sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
if (sockfd < 0) {
perror("socket");
return 1;
}
// Set 5-second receive timeout
struct timeval timeout;
timeout.tv_sec = 5;
timeout.tv_usec = 0;
if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &timeout, sizeof(timeout)) < 0) {
perror("setsockopt");
close(sockfd);
return 1;
}
server = gethostbyname(host);
if (!server) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Cannot resolve hostname %s\n", host);
close(sockfd);
return 1;
}
memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
server_addr.sin_port = htons(NTP_PORT);
memcpy(&server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr, server->h_addr, server->h_length);
// Create and initialize NTP packet
unsigned char packet[NTP_PACKET_SIZE] = {0};
packet[0] = 0b11100011; // LI = 3 (unspecified), VN = 4, Mode = 3 (client)
// Send the packet
if (sendto(sockfd, packet, NTP_PACKET_SIZE, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr)) < 0) {
perror("sendto");
close(sockfd);
return 1;
}
// Receive the packet
socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(server_addr);
if (recvfrom(sockfd, packet, NTP_PACKET_SIZE, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, &addr_len) < 0) {
if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK || errno == EAGAIN) {
fprintf(stderr, "Timeout: No response from server within 5 seconds.\n");
} else {
perror("recvfrom");
}
close(sockfd);
return 1;
}
close(sockfd);
// Extract the transmit timestamp (bytes 40-43)
uint32_t transmit_time;
memcpy(&transmit_time, &packet[40], sizeof(transmit_time));
transmit_time = ntohl(transmit_time);
time_t time_recv = transmit_time - NTP_TIMESTAMP_DELTA;
struct timeval tv = {
.tv_sec = time_recv,
.tv_usec = 0
};
printf("NTP Response: %s", ctime(&tv.tv_sec));
return 0;
}