Ensuring System Clock Accuracy; Installing Windows Service Packs And Hotfixes - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 Installation Manual

The Microsoft Security Configuration Manager is located on the Service Pack 6a
CD-ROM, or can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/tools/scm/
tool is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q195227.

Ensuring System Clock Accuracy

So that date and time stamps in log files can be correlated with those of other
computer systems, the system clock should be kept reasonably in sync. As the NET
TIME command requires NetBIOS, which will be disabled during post-installation
system configuration, either a TCP/IP based NTP client should be installed (such
as the shareware program Tardis), or a time radio receiver attached. See
http://www.ntp.org/

Installing Windows Service Packs and Hotfixes

Windows NT Service Packs include key fixes that are necessary to maintain the
security and reliability of the operating system. The hotfix series contains
important changes for problems that were found after the service pack was
released.
• Installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a or Later—It can be obtained from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/servicepacks/
reboot after the service pack is installed.
• Installing Hotfixes—Download and install any Windows NT 4.0 Hotfixes that
are for the service pack that is installed on the system, such as
Service Pack 6a. They can be obtained from
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40
. It will probably be necessary to reboot the system after each hotfix is
/
installed.
• Installing TCP ISN Patch—If you will be authenticating users to the directory,
then TCP connection hijacking is a vulnerability. Microsoft has released a patch
to improve the serial numbers,
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/ms99-046.asp
for more information on NTP clients for Windows NT.
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Operating System Requirements
. The system will
. For more information please see
Chapter 2 Computer System Requirements
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