Philip Homburg <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> You write TLS, but really, I think you mean PKIX (certificates).
    >> AFAIK, TLS with raw public key or PSK doesn't care about time.
    >> 
    >> While this might be a pedantic point, I think it's important to be
    >> clear about where the problem is because it reveals that there are TLS
    >> uses which do not have problems, but also that the time problem is not
    >> just about TLS and DNSSEC.

    > My reasoning was the following: Assume a device that has no idea about
    > time when it boots.  Assume that some security protocols (DNSSEC, TLS
    > most of the time, etc) have as a requirement secure, somewhat accurate
    > time.

Yes, I wasn't faulting your reasoning, rather I was trying to decouple the
use of the term "TLS" from the real requirement, which is that TLS using
certificates requires time, because the certificates have expiry dates.

I assume you saw the reference to:
  https://roughtime.googlesource.com/roughtime




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Michael Richardson <[email protected]>, Sandelman Software Works
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