From: Harlan Stenn Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 06:26:13 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Windows build documentation updates X-Git-Tag: NTP_4_2_7P438~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=35c3a2a7c06c1a7246ff640ec2c6465e9def632f;p=thirdparty%2Fntp.git Windows build documentation updates bk: 533a5c05b7I4gV7_7eDOQAUAqMvxTg --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index e8bf47337..60a7938fe 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +* [Bug 2546] Windows build documentation updates. (4.2.7p437) 2014/03/31 Released by Harlan Stenn * [Bug 2537] ntpd truncates symmetric keys to 20 bytes. * [Bug 2546] Documentation updates. diff --git a/html/hints/winnt.html b/html/hints/winnt.html index 45ad2d13a..52779eb77 100644 --- a/html/hints/winnt.html +++ b/html/hints/winnt.html @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ -

NTP 4.x for Windows 2000 or later

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NTP 4.x for Windows

Introduction

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The NTP 4 distribution runs as service on Windows 2000 and later. It will NOT run on Windows 95, 98, ME, etc. The binaries work on multi-processor systems. This port has not been tested on the Alpha platform. This release now uses OpenSSL for authentication. IPv6 is not implemented yet for Win32 platforms. A ready-to-run install distribution is available from Meinberg at http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm.

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The NTP 4 distribution runs as service on Windows 2000 and later. It will NOT run on Windows 95, 98, ME, etc. Lately it has been run the most on Windows-7 and later. The binaries work on multi-processor systems. This port has not been tested on the Alpha platform. This release now uses OpenSSL for authentication. IPv6 is not implemented yet for Win32 platforms. A ready-to-run install distribution is available from Meinberg at http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm.

Users should note that the stock Windows client sends requests as mode-1 packets, which can have unintended consequences and create a security risk. The client should send requests as mode-3 (client) packets, which conform to the protocol specification. The issues and resolution are described in Microsoft KB 875424. A less desirable alternative that avoids changing registry keys is to use the --with-wintime option when building the executable.

Authentication Keys

With this release ntp-keygen is supported. See the ntp keygen documentation for details on how to use ntp-keygen.

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Compiling Requirements