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On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:21:22 -0400 |
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waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> I'm amazed that "robust linux servers" are deathly afraid of simply |
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> setting the time, and being done with it. |
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There's problems at the software level everywhere that are not so |
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simply solved. |
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A more obvious example is in the event your system time gets *ahead* of |
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real-time. |
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Then its likely that some actions have been performed that have to only |
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happen once at a given time, and a time going back in time results in |
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"double spending" of some seconds, and that's obviously not great. |
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