On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 at 21:27, Tim Wattenberg <[email protected]> wrote:

> 8<

> RRSIG, SIG, TKEY (32 bits with serial number arithmetic relative to now)
> >
> > TSIG (48 bits)
>
> thanks for bringing up this point again. I was aware of the way RRSIG
> presents time but thanks for pointing us to TSIG – I hadn’t considered this
> earlier.
>

TSIG is an aberration. Using a timescale of 8.9 million years to specify a
window of a few minutes around the current time was a monumental blunder.



> Given these possible representations, is there a preference over one of
> the two?
>

Unsigned 32 bit RRSIG time is good for travel until 7th February 2106.
The fact that 2100 will not be a leap year is likely to be a bigger issue
than wrap-around.
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