1 Sometimes when I try to login (to edit a page) here then I can see
2 the following error message:
4 Error: OpenID failure: time_bad_sig:
6 Please note that authorization process successes on OpenID server side.
8 It occurs both for [getopenid.com](http://www.getopenid.com/)
9 and [myopenid.com](http://www.myopenid.com/) servers I use.
11 I'm reporting this, but I'm not sure whether a problem is with your
12 ikiwiki or my OpenID servers. --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
14 > I've seen this too, once or twice (using myopenid), and reauthenticating
15 > fixed it -- so I can't reproduce it reliably to work on it. I think I've
16 > seen it both on this wiki and on the one running on my laptop.
18 > The perl openid client module seems
19 > to fail with time_bad_sig if the time in the signature from the other end
20 > is "faked". I'm not 100% sure what this code does yet:
22 # check age/signature of return_to
25 my ($sig_time, $sig) = split(/\-/, $self->args("oic.time") || "");
26 # complain if more than an hour since we sent them off
27 return $self->_fail("time_expired") if $sig_time < $now - 3600;
28 also complain if the signature is from the future by more than 30 seconds,
29 # which compensates for potential clock drift between nodes in a web farm.
30 return $self->_fail("time_in_future") if $sig_time - 30 > $now;
31 # and check that the time isn't faked
32 my $c_secret = $self->_get_consumer_secret($sig_time);
33 my $good_sig = substr(OpenID::util::hmac_sha1_hex($sig_time, $c_secret), 0, 20);
34 return $self->_fail("time_bad_sig") unless $sig eq $good_sig;
37 > At least it doesn't seem to be a time sync problem since the test for too
38 > early/too late times have different error messages.. --[[Joey]]
40 I've had this problem too, but with my track record of reporting OpenID bugs
41 I thought it best if I held my tongue. I usually experience this the first
42 time I sign in on any ikiwiki installation of {ikiwiki.kitenet, ikidev,
43 betacantrips}, and I think re-logging in always works. --Ethan
45 > Does seem easier to repro than I thought.
46 > Ok, fixed it.. [[bugs/done]] --[[Joey]]
48 Hmmmmm, looks like it is not entirely fixed. I am getting it on my own
49 [blog](http://blog.tobez.org/). Just upgraded to 3.20110430, same same.
50 I am using custom openid with redirection to myopenid.com.
51 Please tell me if you need more info. The same openid worked fine to login to *this* site to post this.