[ntpwg] Pending NTP WG Last Call on Autokey

[Danny Mayer]

Rob Seaman wrote:
>> This is a good listing from LEXIS-NEXIS,
> 
> Yes, saw that.
> 
>> and I can send you a copy of the ruling if you want to see it itself.
> 
> Yes, please.
> 
>> A broad Google search produces a wealth of info there.
> 
> Yes, looks like an important (legal) decision.
> 
>> But what people need to realize here is that there is a key value in  
>> a strong NTP as a core evidence source in IT systems. And that is  
>> what needs particular focus here IMHO.
> 
> I doubt the folks here need a judge to tell them that timekeeping is  
> important to many aspects of social as well as technical  
> infrastructure :-)
> 

The judge didn't say that either. The judge only discusses what is 
needed to make evidence stored or sourced on a computer or other 
electronic devices admissible as evidence and how they are to introduce 
it and with what ancillary proofs and witnesses. There is no discussion 
of what would happen if the computer was off by 5 minutes or an hour or 
three days.

Danny
> The questions are how and when.
> 
> Rob