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SubjectRe: MODSIGN without RTC?
Am 07.02.2013 00:42, schrieb Alexander Holler:
> Hello,
>
> I wanted to try out MODSIGN with kernel 3.7.6 and I've just got hit by:
>
> [ 1.346445] X.509: Cert 6a23533cec71c4c52a1618fb4d830e06aa90474e is
> not yet valid
>
> The reason is likely that the (ARM) device in question doesn't have a
> RTC (oh, that topic again ;) ) and gets it's time on boot through NTP.
>
> The used certificate was generated automatically. Having a look at it,
> the following is shown:
>
> Validity
> Not Before: Feb 6 02:56:46 2013 GMT
> Not After : Jan 13 02:56:46 2113 GMT
>
> Without having thought about possible security problems, my first idea
> would be to let the validity start at 1970. As I never did such I never
> had thought about possible implications when doing such (e.g. I don't
> know if someone checks the start date for plausabilitiy)
>
> Another solution would be to retry loading of the certificate if the
> time gets set (and e.g. differs more than a year).
>
> Has someone already thought about how to solve that problem? Or did
> everyone use sane systems which have a (working) RTC?

Another option would be to make a configure option to just ignore the
date. I'm not sure if I would like to use MODSIGN when I have to fear
that the machine wouldn't start when the RTC fails or got set to a wrong
date.

Regards,

Alexander



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