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Re: [tor-bugs] #16845 [Core Tor/Tor]: make unverified consensus ISOTime accessible through Tor's ControlPort
#16845: make unverified consensus ISOTime accessible through Tor's ControlPort
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Reporter: proper | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status:
| reopened
Priority: Medium | Milestone: Tor:
| unspecified
Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: tor-control needs-design maybe-bad- | Actual Points:
idea |
Parent ID: | Points: medium
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Changes (by adrelanos):
* status: closed => reopened
* resolution: wontfix =>
Comment:
This time information is supposed to be used for informational purposes
and automated time comparison only. Not to set system clock from
unverified consensus ISOTime, which would indeed not be secure.
At boot time of Whonix / sdwdate would - if verified consensus ISOTime is
not available - fall back to reading unverified consensus ISOTime. Then
compare the result with the system clock. Use that guess inside sdwdate
log and to inform the user what the issue with the system clock may likely
be.
(Usability / wording of that wouldn't be easy, but that's not something
Tor needs to worry about.)
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16845#comment:7>
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