neobytes/src/timedata.cpp
Wladimir J. van der Laan c986972ad7
Merge pull request #5476
73caf47 Display time offset in the debug window's Peers tab (Pavel Janík)
26a6bae Add time offset to getpeerinfo output (Pavel Janík)
2015-01-02 17:54:21 +01:00

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// Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
#include "timedata.h"
#include "netbase.h"
#include "sync.h"
#include "ui_interface.h"
#include "util.h"
#include "utilstrencodings.h"
#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
using namespace std;
static CCriticalSection cs_nTimeOffset;
static int64_t nTimeOffset = 0;
/**
* "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three."
* Our three time sources are:
* - System clock
* - Median of other nodes clocks
* - The user (asking the user to fix the system clock if the first two disagree)
*/
int64_t GetTimeOffset()
{
LOCK(cs_nTimeOffset);
return nTimeOffset;
}
int64_t GetAdjustedTime()
{
return GetTime() + GetTimeOffset();
}
static int64_t abs64(int64_t n)
{
return (n >= 0 ? n : -n);
}
void AddTimeData(const CNetAddr& ip, int64_t nOffsetSample)
{
LOCK(cs_nTimeOffset);
// Ignore duplicates
static set<CNetAddr> setKnown;
if (!setKnown.insert(ip).second)
return;
// Add data
static CMedianFilter<int64_t> vTimeOffsets(200,0);
vTimeOffsets.input(nOffsetSample);
LogPrintf("Added time data, samples %d, offset %+d (%+d minutes)\n", vTimeOffsets.size(), nOffsetSample, nOffsetSample/60);
// There is a known issue here (see issue #4521):
//
// - The structure vTimeOffsets contains up to 200 elements, after which
// any new element added to it will not increase its size, replacing the
// oldest element.
//
// - The condition to update nTimeOffset includes checking whether the
// number of elements in vTimeOffsets is odd, which will never happen after
// there are 200 elements.
//
// But in this case the 'bug' is protective against some attacks, and may
// actually explain why we've never seen attacks which manipulate the
// clock offset.
//
// So we should hold off on fixing this and clean it up as part of
// a timing cleanup that strengthens it in a number of other ways.
//
if (vTimeOffsets.size() >= 5 && vTimeOffsets.size() % 2 == 1)
{
int64_t nMedian = vTimeOffsets.median();
std::vector<int64_t> vSorted = vTimeOffsets.sorted();
// Only let other nodes change our time by so much
if (abs64(nMedian) < 70 * 60)
{
nTimeOffset = nMedian;
}
else
{
nTimeOffset = 0;
static bool fDone;
if (!fDone)
{
// If nobody has a time different than ours but within 5 minutes of ours, give a warning
bool fMatch = false;
BOOST_FOREACH(int64_t nOffset, vSorted)
if (nOffset != 0 && abs64(nOffset) < 5 * 60)
fMatch = true;
if (!fMatch)
{
fDone = true;
string strMessage = _("Warning: Please check that your computer's date and time are correct! If your clock is wrong Bitcoin Core will not work properly.");
strMiscWarning = strMessage;
LogPrintf("*** %s\n", strMessage);
uiInterface.ThreadSafeMessageBox(strMessage, "", CClientUIInterface::MSG_WARNING);
}
}
}
if (fDebug) {
BOOST_FOREACH(int64_t n, vSorted)
LogPrintf("%+d ", n);
LogPrintf("| ");
}
LogPrintf("nTimeOffset = %+d (%+d minutes)\n", nTimeOffset, nTimeOffset/60);
}
}