Time synchronization

[psrok1]

Before starting an analysis, we need to perform few preparation actions on the guest OS that is recovered from snapshot. One of the missing things is time synchronization and it's important especially for reliable TLS communication and correct certificate validation.

My first idea was to run w32tm /resync just after setting correct IP address (ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew) but Windows Time service fails to synchronize when time difference is too big,

We can force time synchronization by changing MaxNegPhaseCorrection and MaxPosPhaseCorrection to 0xfffffff:

but sometimes it's a bit difficult to force w32tm to change their mind about limits:

So I guess a bit more simple method would be a manual time synchronization by running date and time commands and providing time from the host.