At least one practical clock synchronization protocol exists … [Mills, D.L., Network Time Protocol, DARPA-Internet Report RFC-1059, July 1988] … with very high probability to have a skew … overhead (each node exchanges a pair of message … other purposes than ours, e.g., for authentication [Kerberos] and for capabilities that expire.
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