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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by rs...@hyperreal.org on 1998/05/22 09:25:02 UTC
cvs commit: apache-1.3 INSTALL
rse 98/05/22 00:25:02
Modified: . INSTALL
Log:
Correct the numbering, add hint to official vendor patches to make the user
aware of this fact and add more information about NTP.
Revision Changes Path
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Index: INSTALL
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http://www.apache.org/docs/ for a complete reference of available
configuration directives.
- 9. Set your system time properly!
- ------------------------------
+ 8. Preparing the system
+ --------------------
- Proper operation of a public web server requires accurate time
- keeping, since elements of the HTTP protocol are expressed as the time
- of day. So, it's time to investigate setting up NTP or some other
- time synchronization system on your Unix box, or whatever the
- equivalent on NT would be.
+ Proper operation of a public HTTP server requires at least the following:
- 8. Contacts
+ 1. A correctly working TCP/IP layer, since HTTP is implemented on top of
+ TCP/IP. Although modern Unix platforms have good networking layers,
+ always make sure you have all official vendor patches referring to the
+ network layer applied.
+
+ 2. Accurate time keeping, since elements of the HTTP protocol are
+ expressed as the time of day. So, it's time to investigate setting
+ some time synchronization facility on your system. Usually the ntpdate
+ or xntpd programs are used for this purpose which are based on the
+ Network Time Protocol (NTP). See the Usenet newsgroup
+ comp.protocols.time.ntp and the NTP homepage at
+ http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ for more details about NTP software
+ and public time servers.
+
+ 9. Contacts
--------
o If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes,