Re: [cti-stix] Timestamps - Proposal

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2015-12-03T22:03:00+00:00
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Re: [cti-stix] Timestamps - Proposal
That is the approach we outlined and agreed to.
  How is that bad form?

  We need to be able to track issues from identification through discussion to solution proposal to consensus being reached to actually incorporating the changes within a release. And have a traceable record of all of this.
  Github issue trackers are designed for just this sort of process.

  I think the point is that the issues should have ideally been created back when the discussion on this started rather than just capturing everything after the fact.

  sean
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Date:  Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 2:38 PM
To:  John Wunder < 
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Subject:  Re: [cti-stix] Timestamps - Proposal

 We should NOT use Github Issues for things we have decided on.  That is bad form.

  Thanks,

  Bret

Bret Jordan CISSP

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Office of the CTO

 Blue Coat Systems

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  On Dec 3, 2015, at 12:19, Wunder, John A. < 
> wrote:

 So it appears that we have rough consensus and IMO can move on without a vote.

  How do we document this? Should I add an issue & a comment w/ the accepted solution?

  On Dec 1, 2015, at 4:55 PM, Struse, Richard < 
> wrote:

  +1. Microseconds are enough. Let's move on.



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  Subject : Re: [cti-stix] Timestamps - Proposal


 This is generally why we decided to place some table stakes in the ground and call it good. The proposal on the floor is for microsecond level precision, meaning 6 sub-second digits (most modern tools can and do support this, older tools may be limited).

  We can debate esoteric requirements and corner cases forever.  I would much rather get STIX 2.0 out the door and if we need to add something like nano seconds later, we can do that.  People that can only do millisecond level precision should just
  zero out the last three digits.  And given jitter in NTP it does not really matter that they are zeroed because your accuracy is only to about a second anyway.

  The way this would look is like:

{

  "timestamp": "2015-12-01T14:52:12.123456-06:00"

}

  or

{

  "timestamp": "2015-12-01T14:00:00.000000-06:00",

  "timestamp-precision": "hour"

}

  Thanks,

  Bret

Bret Jordan CISSP

 Director of Security Architecture and Standards
Office of the CTO

 Blue Coat Systems

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  "Without cryptography vihv vivc ce xhrnrw, however, the only thing that can not be unscrambled is an egg."

  On Dec 1, 2015, at 14:28, Terry MacDonald < 
> wrote:

  I'm sure millisecond will be good enough for now.

 We will never be able to cover every governments exact specific requirements, so I don't think we should start. I'm sure that the EU, China, Japan, Australia and NZ all have their own requirements in this space, and all we can expect to do is cover the main
  80%. We get into trouble trying to shoehorn the last 20% in.

 Cheers

 Terry MacDonald
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