Bug #7721

"Tor is ready" notification sometimes appears before the end of time synchronization

Added by sajolida 2014-08-02 10:13:11 . Updated 2015-11-17 11:47:39 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
Category:
Time synchronization
Target version:
Start date:
2014-08-02
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Research
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

As explained on Feature #7438, the “Tor is ready” notification can sometimes appears while htpdate is still running. This is no big deal but that mean that it can appear while Tor is already usable somehow but before the time is correct.

I think there are two possible problems with using Tor before the time is correct:

  1. We want all Tails users to have the same clock, as part of the protection against fingerprinting Tails tries to provide;
  2. Accessing hidden services can be problematic when one’s clock is not correct; the notification we display tends to confirm this… but details might be worth being checked again.

So there might be both a small usability and security issue there… probably low priority but maybe worth investigating if easy to fix or with more serious consequences that what was first identified.


Subtasks


Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #7438: Design a progress indicator until Tor is ready Duplicate 2014-06-22

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2014-08-02 10:13:31

  • related to Feature #7438: Design a progress indicator until Tor is ready added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-08 10:01:08

  • Category set to Time synchronization

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2015-11-17 11:29:21

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:2f8baf707c648f030b6aad54337c1467cfdf7181.

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2015-11-17 11:47:39

  • Target version set to Tails_2.0