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Clarify reasoning for fixed update start time
Further expand on the definition of "fixed update start time" to more clearly describe _why_ time is paused. Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <[email protected]>
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**5.0**. **Record the time at which the update began** as the fixed update
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start time. Time is fixed at the beginning of the update workflow to allow
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an application using TUF to effectively pause time, in order to prevent
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metadata which is valid at the beginning of an update from expiring during
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the update workflow.
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an application using TUF to effectively pause time, in order to ensure that
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metadata which has a valid expiration time at the beginning of an update
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does not fail an expiration check later in the update workflow.
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**5.1**. **Load the trusted root metadata file.** We assume that a good,
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trusted copy of this file was shipped with the package manager or software

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