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Re: [tor-bugs] #6683 [Tor Relay]: Request: add offset to current system time

#6683: Request: add offset to current system time
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 Reporter:  tmpname0901  |          Owner:                  
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor Relay    |        Version:                  
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                  
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                  
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [ticket:6683 tmpname0901]:
 > I would like to suggest an enhancement: add a user-specified offset,
 positive or negative, to the current system time and use the sum for Tor's
 normal processes in place of the system time.
 >
 > This is to get around the situation where the system time is known to be
 inaccurate but cannot be changed.  For example, in an OpenVZ VPS.

 The workaround for this (on defective Unixoid VPSes) is to install and use
 the âfaketimeâ package.  It does seem to be something that Tor needs to
 support directly though (for maliciously misconfigured Windows boxes).

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