Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 Installation Manual page 38

Operating System Requirements
You may wish also to rename the administrator account to something else,
making it harder to guess.
If you have copied the passprop utility from the NT Server Resource Kit, it can
be used to allow lockout of the administrator's account by running it on the
command line as
• Encrypting Account Database—Protect the NT user account database, SAM, by
running the
that registry-extracting hacker tools cannot use it.
• Configuring Event Log—Open the Event Viewer (Start > Programs >
Administrative Tools > Event Viewer); set the log overwrite intervals (located
under Log > Log Settings...) to a value appropriate to your deployment.
• Setting Tuning Parameters—The transmission control blocks (TCBs) store data
for each TCP connection. A control block is attached to the TCB hash table for
each active connection. If there are not enough control blocks available when
an LDAP connection arrives at the server via TCP/IP, there is added delay
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passprop/adminlockout
program. This encrypts the Administrator's password so
syskey
.