October 1998 Netnuggets
Contents: 
1) Daylight Savings Time changes 

2) New U of I Direct Client

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME CHANGES
This Sunday, Daylight Savings Time will be ending.  As many of you have
witnessed in years past, time changes tend to wreak havoc on PC/TCP and
OnNet users.  CCSO is currently beta testing a replacement product which is
discussed at the bottom of this note.

Hopefully the necessary configuration changes were made for this year
last spring when Daylight Savings Time began, but here is the warning
again in case the problem crops up.

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED:
Macs are NOT effected by this problem.  The problem is due to a quirk of
PC/TCP and OnNet that requires you to manually adjust the dates for when
Daylight Savings Time begins and ends.  If the date of the change is
incorrect, your clock will be changed on the incorrect date.  This
causes problems when logging on to time-dependent hosts, such as UI
Direct.  For proactive troubleshooting, please check all users' machines
for these date discrepancies as soon as possible.

FIXING THE PROBLEM:
To correct this error, you must manually enter the appropriate
time-change date each year.

Edit the pctcp.ini file with the following information:
dst-begins=95
dst-ends=298

These lines will already be entered, but the number may be incorrect.
Depending on the version of the software you are using, the location of
this information within the pctcp.ini file will vary.

Be sure you have also corrected the Windows95 time and zone, if applicable.

ADDITIONAL HELP:
If you need any assistance with this change, please send email to
onnet@uiuc.edu, and I will give you a hand.

Thank you for your patience.


NEW U OF I DIRECT CLIENT
CCSO is beta-testing a new secure U of I Direct client, using Kermit95
and MIT Kerberos V5 to replace Onnet PC/TCP.  The beta test will end
after the November registration period is over.  The new software runs
under Windows95 and NT and does not require a separate network stack.

You may download the new software from the unpublished URL:
https://www-s.uiuc.edu/sitelic/uofidirect

Please be reminded that the software is still in beta, although it has been
stable in the tests.  It is recommended as a replacement for OnNet (or
PC/TCP) where it is causing conflicts now.

Please send any comments or questions about the new software to
onnet@uiuc.edu