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@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ in this state so they can run software that will only run in the past.
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Before Tor 0.1.1.x, Tor clients would still function if their clock was
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wildly off --- they simply got a copy of the directory and believed it.
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-Starting in Tor 0.1.2.x, the clients only believed networkstatus documents
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-that they believed to be recent, so clients with extremely wrong clocks
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-stopped working. (This bug has been an unending source of vague and
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-confusing bug reports.)
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+Starting in Tor 0.1.1.x (and even moreso in Tor 0.2.0.x), the clients
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+only use networkstatus documents that they believe to be recent, so
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+clients with extremely wrong clocks no longer work. (This bug has been
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+an unending source of vague and confusing bug reports.)
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-Step one is for clients to recognize when all the directory material
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+The first step is for clients to recognize when all the directory material
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they're fetching has roughly the same offset from their current time,
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and then automatically correct for it.
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Roger Dingledine