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Re-phrase timestamp expiration checks
Change the way we describe timestamp expiration checks in an attempt to make them clearer. Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <[email protected]>
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@@ -1137,9 +1137,9 @@ repo](https://github.com/theupdateframework/specification/issues).
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* **5.2.8**. **Repeat steps 5.2.1 to 5.2.8**.
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* **5.2.9**. **Check for a freeze attack.** The fixed update expiration time
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MUST be lower than the expiration timestamp in the trusted root metadata file
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(version N). If the trusted root metadata file has expired, abort the update
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* **5.2.9**. **Check for a freeze attack.** The expiration timestamp in the
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trusted root metadata file MUST be higher than the fixed update expiration
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time. If the trusted root metadata file has expired, abort the update
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cycle, report the potential freeze attack. On the next update cycle, begin
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at step 5.0 and version N of the root metadata file.
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version number in the new timestamp metadata file. If not, discard the new
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timestamp metadata file, abort the update cycle, and report the failure.
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* **5.3.3**. **Check for a freeze attack.** The fixed update expiration time
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MUST be lower than the expiration timestamp in the new timestamp metadata
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file. If so, the new timestamp metadata file becomes the trusted timestamp
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* **5.3.3**. **Check for a freeze attack.** The expiration timestamp in the
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new timestamp metadata file MUST be higher than the fixed update expiration
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time. If so, the new timestamp metadata file becomes the trusted timestamp
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metadata file. If the new timestamp metadata file has expired, discard it,
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abort the update cycle, and report the potential freeze attack.
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