Kris on Nostr: ...
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."
"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."