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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
It may be, I don't know.
But it's not required for DNS, DHCP or SSL (or rather the Superhub doesn't do SSL).
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Not sure if we're debating whether time is required for those services in general or for the superhub.
I do know that the superhub must establish TOD for the network authorisation to complete properly, this is something at the DOCSIS/Network level rather than at the service level. I don't know how much leeway you have with this as I don't know much about the DOCSIS authentication, just that TOD is necessary for it. I imagine it must use something similar to SSL/TLS in that there are signed certificates at work, which will be timestamped and will break if the date is off by a significant amount.
That all being said, this is probably why a TOD failure is a critical event. It might not knock the hub offline or anything right away, but it could cause major issues later if the time goes too far out of sync.