Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc - eviltoast
Windows Secure Time Seeding resets clocks months or years off the correct time.

STS (Secure Time Seeding) uses server time from SSL handshakes, which is fine when talking to other Microsoft servers, but other implementations put random data in that field to prevent fingerprinting.

  • JoBo@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So we have mini-Y2Ks happening, at random, because MS is oblivious to anything outside its own ecosystem? Cool, cool.