https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/windows-feature-that-resets-system-clocks-based-on-random-data-is-wreaking-havoc/
"The culprit was a little-known feature in Windows known as Secure Time Seeding"
Microsoft engineers said they used the ServerUnixTime data “assuming it is somewhat accurate” but went on to acknowledge in the same sentence that it “can also be incorrect.”
"Instead, these implementations—most notably the widely used OpenSSL code library starting in 2014—populate the field with random values."
Kris /
npub1v5…lxe4h
2023-08-17 16:48:10
in reply to nevent1q…cyl8
Author Public Key
npub1v5n76jecsme7ng2ys0ecq90fvmltaju9zfv4zrl4fjeva07yumaqglxe4hPublished at
2023-08-17 16:48:10Event JSON
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