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-rw-r--r--src/common/tortls.c16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/tortls.c b/src/common/tortls.c
index 94cedba24b..a08910b3a2 100644
--- a/src/common/tortls.c
+++ b/src/common/tortls.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static X509* tor_tls_create_certificate(crypto_pk_t *rsa,
crypto_pk_t *rsa_sign,
const char *cname,
const char *cname_sign,
- unsigned int lifetime);
+ unsigned int cert_lifetime);
static int tor_tls_context_init_one(tor_tls_context_t **ppcontext,
crypto_pk_t *identity,
@@ -608,9 +608,10 @@ tor_x509_name_new(const char *cname)
/** Generate and sign an X509 certificate with the public key <b>rsa</b>,
* signed by the private key <b>rsa_sign</b>. The commonName of the
* certificate will be <b>cname</b>; the commonName of the issuer will be
- * <b>cname_sign</b>. The cert will be valid for <b>cert_lifetime</b> seconds
- * starting from now. Return a certificate on success, NULL on
- * failure.
+ * <b>cname_sign</b>. The cert will be valid for <b>cert_lifetime</b>
+ * seconds, starting from some time in the past.
+ *
+ * Return a certificate on success, NULL on failure.
*/
static X509 *
tor_tls_create_certificate(crypto_pk_t *rsa,
@@ -632,7 +633,12 @@ tor_tls_create_certificate(crypto_pk_t *rsa,
tor_tls_init();
- start_time = time(NULL);
+ /* Make sure we're part-way through the certificate lifetime, rather
+ * than having it start right now. Don't choose quite uniformly, since
+ * then we might pick a time where we're about to expire. Lastly, be
+ * sure to start on a day boundary. */
+ start_time = time(NULL) - crypto_rand_int(cert_lifetime) + 2*24*3600;
+ start_time -= start_time % (24*3600);
tor_assert(rsa);
tor_assert(cname);