Re: RE: [Assp-user] Whitelist

[Joseph A. <jo...@ac...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ced Paine" <cp...@fe...>
To: <ass...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: RE: [Assp-user] Whitelist


> I'm curious as to how these timestamps work. Do the represent entry dates
> or expiration dates? If I change the number of whitelist days using the
> console, does that affect past entries or new entries only?
>
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From a previous post;

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Klinge" <ri...@fa...>
To: <ass...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 5:56 AM
Subject: RE: [Assp-user] Lost whitelist?


> I thought it purged after 90 days?  I think I have mine, or something like
> that, setup for 180 days.  Actually I would rather it not auto purge at
all
> but require manual intervention.  We deal with a lot of companies, air
> lines, cc companies, etc.. That will never be 'unlisted'.
>
> Check the Admin gui I think it's about 3/4 way down.. Advanced.
>

Individual entries will be rotated out ofter 90 days of not being used -
that is to say if you have not heard from or sent to me in 90 days
(default), I would be rotated out but if you kept in contact with my
brother, he will remain on your list provided you speak to each other before
the default time period expires.
If you wish to make a particular entry permanent (for 30 years or so, anyway
:-), you need to change the time parameter.
The whitelist is in the form of

  <NAME><HEX02><TIMESTAMP> (without the brackets)

The timestamp is the number of seconds past 1st January, 1970 so if you
modify the timestamp in any ASCII editor (watch out for MS-DOS/*NIX end of
line parameters to say (31536000 x 60 ((Seconds in 1 year by 60 Years)))
about 2 billion then you're good till about 2030AD.

Unix will face its own Y2K crisis in 2033 for reasons that can be found
elsewhere but for all intents and purposes, this should be good enough for
the lifetime of ASSP.