[krbdev.mit.edu #6359] new multi-masterkey support doesn't work well when system clock is set back

Nicolas Williams via RT rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu
Mon Feb 2 23:15:19 EST 2009


On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 01:43:39AM +0000, william.fiveash at sun.com via RT wrote:
> If the system clock on a KDC is set back in time after a mkey is
> activated "now" or if the admin sets the active time for all existing
> mkeys in the future it is possible that the code will not find any mkey
> active.  This is a problem as there should always be one "active" mkey
> used to protect principal keys.  I'd like to address this by making
> several changes including:

Can't the active key be marked in the principal's record via TL data?




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