Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 338: Use an 8-byte handshake in NETINFO cells

On 3/14/22 14:40, Nick Mathewson wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 3:18 PM Jim Newsome > wrote: On 3/14/22 11:44, Nick Mathewson wrote:  > Currently Tor relays use a 4-byte timestamp (in seconds since the Unix  > epoch) in their NETINFO ce

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 338: Use an 8-byte handshake in NETINFO cells

On 3/14/22 11:44, Nick Mathewson wrote: > Currently Tor relays use a 4-byte timestamp (in seconds since the Unix > epoch) in their NETINFO cells. Notoriously, such a timestamp will > overflow on 19 January 2038. > > Let's get ahead of the problem and squash this issue now, by expanding > the t

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 338: Use an 8-byte handshake in NETINFO cells

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 3:18 PM Jim Newsome wrote: > On 3/14/22 11:44, Nick Mathewson wrote: > > > > > Currently Tor relays use a 4-byte timestamp (in seconds since the Unix > > epoch) in their NETINFO cells. Notoriously, such a timestamp will > > overflow on 19 January 2038. > > > > Let's