tlsdate default settings set time to random value

[Hanno Böck]

tlsdate sets the time based on a TLS timestamp from a TLS server.

The tlsdate tool comes preconfigured with the server www.ptb.de. However that server now randomizes the timestamp, possibly causing lots of trouble. A possibility to fix this would be to use www.google.com. As google itself uses tlsdate it's to be expected that they don't change the setting to ramdomize the tls timestamp.

Please note: This is preconfigured in two places. Once for the tlsdate tool in the tool itself and once in the tlsdated.conf daemon config file.

Upstream bug:
https://github.com/ioerror/tlsdate/issues/172

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Frank (a-frank)]

Can we tag this with security? People who've installed this package, and rely on it to set the correct date, will have incorrect dates. Incorrect dates lead to all kinds of strange security stuff.