[tor-bugs] #6 [Mixminion-Server]: Confused server clocks can screw up timing

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#6: Confused server clocks can screw up timing
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 Reporter:  weasel            |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Low               |      Milestone:
Component:  Mixminion-Server  |        Version:  0.0.4
 Severity:  Normal            |     Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                    |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                    |         Points:
 Reviewer:                    |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by arma):

 * status:  assigned => closed
 * resolution:  None => wontfix


Old description:

> [Moved from bugzilla]
> Reporter: nickm at alum.mit.edu (Nick Mathewson)
> Description:
> Opened: 2003-08-29 20:44
>

>
> Some users have reported that the mixminion server has a nasty failure
> mode when
> a server's clock moves backwards by a large interval.  When the server
> asks
> "when did we last (do something)", the answer "tomorrow" can cause
> crashes or
> weird behavior.
>
> I'm deferring this for a while, because (a) I want to get 0.0.5 put to
> bed, and
> (b) the workaround is trivial: keep your clock set right.
>
> [Automatically added by flyspray2trac: Operating System: All]

New description:

 [Moved from bugzilla]
 Reporter: nickm at alum.mit.edu (Nick Mathewson)
 Description:
 Opened: 2003-08-29 20:44



 Some users have reported that the mixminion server has a nasty failure
 mode when
 a server's clock moves backwards by a large interval.  When the server
 asks
 "when did we last (do something)", the answer "tomorrow" can cause crashes
 or
 weird behavior.

 I'm deferring this for a while, because (a) I want to get 0.0.5 put to
 bed, and
 (b) the workaround is trivial: keep your clock set right.

 [Automatically added by flyspray2trac: Operating System: All]

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Comment:

 mixminion is dead; long live mixminion

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