[FFmpeg-devel] Fix NTP time in RTCP SR packets

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 12:56:01PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> Hello,
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:18:42AM +0100, Luca Abeni wrote:
> > Summing up, an "av_gettime_more_secure() based" solution is ok in a large
> > number of cases, but not always...
> > I believe the AVFMT_FLAG_USE_TIME flag can solve the problem, but I do not
> > know if it is overkilling. What do you think about it?
> 
> Maybe it does not matter much in this server case, but in general I
> think a flag to distinguish between the "I want to keep as many
> information/features as possible" and "I want to create a file I'd like
> to publish (almost) anonymously" modes of operation would be desirable.

The max anonymity is always default, i just think you are overparanoid with
the time in the case of streaming. Its not as if this would be stored in a
file ...
Also iam curious, can you point at a concrete case where knowing the exact
time of a system would significantly weaken its security?

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