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| author | de Beer, Riaan |
| author_facet | de Beer, Riaan |
| contents | <p>Time validation in adversarial environments cannot rely solely on instantaneous signals or single<br>authoritative references. Replay and synthesis attacks exploit the fact that conventional time<br>sources can be fabricated coherently at a single moment. This paper introduces multi-timescale<br>temporal correlation as a general strategy for adversarial time validation. We show that systems<br>whose observable state integrates environmental exposure over distinct and non-overlapping<br>timescales impose strong constraints on plausible temporal histories. By correlating fast electronic<br>clocks, intermediate chemical kinetics, and slow biological and circadian processes, a validator can<br>detect timeline compression, replay, and temporal fabrication attacks. The contribution of this<br>paper is not a new timing mechanism, but a unifying framework that formalizes how heterogeneous<br>time-integrating processes jointly provide evidence that time has genuinely passed.</p> |
| format | Recurso digital |
| id | zenodo_https___doi_org_10_5281_zenodo_18455064 |
| institution | Zenodo |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2026 |
| publisher | Zenodo |
| record_format | zenodo |
| spellingShingle | Multi-Timescale Temporal Correlation for Adversarial Time Validation de Beer, Riaan Temporal validation Multi-timescale correlation Distributed timekeeping Time synchronization Adversarial environments Replay attack mitigation Environmental history Irreversible processes Multi-reference clocks Consistency-based validation Temporal continuity Physical constraints <p>Time validation in adversarial environments cannot rely solely on instantaneous signals or single<br>authoritative references. Replay and synthesis attacks exploit the fact that conventional time<br>sources can be fabricated coherently at a single moment. This paper introduces multi-timescale<br>temporal correlation as a general strategy for adversarial time validation. We show that systems<br>whose observable state integrates environmental exposure over distinct and non-overlapping<br>timescales impose strong constraints on plausible temporal histories. By correlating fast electronic<br>clocks, intermediate chemical kinetics, and slow biological and circadian processes, a validator can<br>detect timeline compression, replay, and temporal fabrication attacks. The contribution of this<br>paper is not a new timing mechanism, but a unifying framework that formalizes how heterogeneous<br>time-integrating processes jointly provide evidence that time has genuinely passed.</p> |
| title | Multi-Timescale Temporal Correlation for Adversarial Time Validation |
| topic | Temporal validation Multi-timescale correlation Distributed timekeeping Time synchronization Adversarial environments Replay attack mitigation Environmental history Irreversible processes Multi-reference clocks Consistency-based validation Temporal continuity Physical constraints |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18455064 |