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On 11/23/2010 04:32 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:07:47 -0500
> Rob Crittenden <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I don't want to throw a wrench in, but what if you have multiple 
>> replicas in various distant locations, WHICH server is the time
>> relative to?
> 
> By server I think Steve meant the machine currently evaluation the
> access control decision. "Host" would have been a happier term.


No, I was actually talking about the FreeIPA server in this situation,
but Rob is right that there is no guarantee in a multi-master situation
that the servers themselves are in the same timezone.

Given this, I think the only sane thing to do here is to always use UTC
(and state clearly that this is what is happening)

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