Enforce 7 day validity requirement everywhere

also misc formatting fixes
pull/977/head
Travis Ralston 6 years ago
parent a6314df44c
commit cf19f52576

@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ properties:
be ignored in room versions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Keys used beyond this timestamp MUST
be considered invalid, depending on the `room version specification`_.
Servers SHOULD use the lesser of this field and 7 days into the future when
Servers MUST use the lesser of this field and 7 days into the future when
determining if a key is valid. This is to avoid a situation where an attacker
publishes a key which is valid for a significant amount of time without a way
for the homeserver owner to revoke it.

@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
Room Version 5
==============
This room version builds on `version 4 <v4.html>`_, enforcing signing key validity
periods for events.
This room version builds on `version 4 <v4.html>`_ while enforcing signing
key validity periods for events.
.. contents:: Table of Contents
.. sectnum::
@ -52,3 +52,8 @@ validated. Servers missing a copy of the signing key MUST try to obtain one via
or `POST /_matrix/key/v2/query <../server_server/r0.1.1.html#post-matrix-key-v2-query>`_
APIs. When using the ``/query`` endpoint, servers MUST set the ``minimum_valid_until_ts``
property to prompt the notary server to attempt to refresh the key if appropriate.
Servers MUST use the lesser of ``valid_until_ts`` and 7 days into the future when
determining if a key is valid. This is to avoid a situation where an attacker
publishes a key which is valid for a significant amount of time without a way for
the homeserver owner to revoke it.

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