Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] X.509: Handle midnight alternative notation in GeneralizedTime | Date | Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:28:41 +0000 |
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One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > > As for 24:xx:yy times - I'm split about this. This code doesn't > > > require a bijective decoding anyway (and if it did, 24:00:00 and > > > 00:00:00 mapping to the same time64_t would be problem enough) so this > > > is sure safe. On the other hand, a cert with a 24:xx:yy time that's > > > not 24:00:00 probably should be regarded as invalid and not trusted > > > for that reason alone. > > > > Feel free to argue that one with Linus:-/ > > Pedantic hat on 24:00:01 is also potentially valid. The ANSI and ISO > standards allow for double leap seconds even though CCIR-460 doesn't > allow it to actually happen.
Did you mean 24:00:01 or 23:59:61?
David
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