try addressing issue #233

llarp/ev/ev.cpp

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ llarp_ev_loop_run_single_process(struct llarp_ev_loop *ev,
     ev->tick(EV_TICK_INTERVAL);
     if(ev->running())
     {
+      ev->_now = llarp::time_now_ms();
       logic->tick_async(ev->_now);
       llarp_threadpool_tick(tp);
     }

llarp/router/router.cpp

@@ -1609,21 +1609,28 @@ namespace llarp
     {
       self->bootstrapRCList.emplace_back();
       auto &rc = self->bootstrapRCList.back();
-      if(rc.Read(val) && rc.Verify(&self->crypto, self->Now()))
+      if(!rc.Read(val))
       {
-        llarp::LogInfo("Added bootstrap node ", RouterID(rc.pubkey));
+        llarp::LogWarn("failed to decode bootstrap RC, file='", val, "' rc=", rc);
+        self->bootstrapRCList.pop_back();
+        return;
       }
-      else if(self->Now() - rc.last_updated > RouterContact::Lifetime)
+      if(rc.Verify(&self->crypto, self->Now()))
       {
-        llarp::LogWarn("Bootstrap node ", RouterID(rc.pubkey),
-                       " is too old and needs to be refreshed");
-        self->bootstrapRCList.pop_back();
+        llarp::LogInfo("Added bootstrap node ", RouterID(rc.pubkey));
       }
       else
       {
-        llarp::LogError("malformed rc file: ", val);
+         if(rc.IsExpired(self->Now()))
+        {
+          llarp::LogWarn("Bootstrap node ", RouterID(rc.pubkey),
+                        " is too old and needs to be refreshed");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          llarp::LogError("malformed rc file='", val, "' rc=", rc);
+        }
         self->bootstrapRCList.pop_back();
-      }
     }
     else if(StrEq(section, "router"))
     {

llarp/router_contact.cpp

@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ namespace llarp
     }
     f.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
     auto l = f.tellg();
+    if(l > sizeof(tmp))
+      return false;
     f.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
     f.read((char *)tmp, l);
     auto buf = llarp::StackBuffer< decltype(tmp) >(tmp);