From 0db31821591093bbbe61984e0db7c526f37ab039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Haines Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:32:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Describe what the expired_ts is --- specification/30_server_server_api.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/specification/30_server_server_api.rst b/specification/30_server_server_api.rst index 23e304fa..6217c294 100644 --- a/specification/30_server_server_api.rst +++ b/specification/30_server_server_api.rst @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ it should request that ``key_id`` for the originating server to check whether the key has expired. The ``old_verify_keys`` can be used to sign events with an ``origin_server_ts`` -before the ``expired_ts``. +before the ``expired_ts``. The ``expired_ts`` is a millisecond POSIX timestamp +of when the originating server stopped using that key. Intermediate perspective servers should cache a response for half of its remaining life time to avoid serving a stale response. Servers should avoid