On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:55:53PM -0800, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> Adam Wosotowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > If the clocks are within say 30 minutes of each other the SSL handshake
> > will go through without a hitch and communications will flow smoothly.
> > However, if the clock is set quite
Adam Wosotowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 09:26:22AM -0800, Eric Rescorla wrote:
>
> > SSL does not require that the client and server have synchronized
> > clocks, except in the loose sense that a certificate verifier's
> > clock should have some relation to the real
On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 09:26:22AM -0800, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> SSL does not require that the client and server have synchronized
> clocks, except in the loose sense that a certificate verifier's
> clock should have some relation to the real time in order to avoid
> falsely evaluating expiry.
>
Adam Wosotowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've thrown this out to the list before but recieved no responses,
> so I'm going to do it again.
>
> SSL encryption seems to fail if there is too much skew between the
> clocks. I've read "5 minutes", but I think that it is longer than that
> (there