[New post] Episode 334 – Leap seconds break everything

Josh Bressers posted: " Josh and Kurt talk about leap seconds. Every time there's a leap second, things break. Facebook wants to get rid of them because they break computers, but Google found a clever way to keep leap seconds without breaking anything. Corner cases are hard, se" Open Source Security Episode 334 – Leap seconds break everything Josh Bressers Jul 31 Josh and Kurt talk about leap seconds. Every time there's a leap second, things break. Facebook wants to get rid of them because they break computers, but Google found a clever way to keep leap seconds without breaking anything. Corner cases are hard, security is often just one huge corner case. There are lessons we can learn here. Episode_334_Leap_seconds_break_everything.mp3 Show Notes How and why the leap second affected Cloudflare DNS Facebook wants to get rid of leap seconds Leap Smear Falsehoods programmers believe about time Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Open Source Security. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://opensourcesecurity.io/2022/07/31/episode-334-leap-seconds-break-everything/ Powered by WordPress.com