diff --git a/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt b/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
index 2db3d16..c5a2618 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
+++ b/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-$Id: Changelog.txt,v 1.432 2017/05/24 22:47:53 nanard Exp $
+$Id: Changelog.txt,v 1.437 2018/03/12 22:45:13 nanard Exp $
+
+2018/03/13:
+  Use monotonic clock for timeouts, etc.
 
 2018/02/22:
   Add option force_igd_desc_v1 to force devices and services versions
diff --git a/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c b/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
index 7d32f86..df79199 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: miniupnpd.c,v 1.221 2017/05/27 07:47:55 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: miniupnpd.c,v 1.226 2018/03/13 10:35:55 nanard Exp $ */
 /* vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
  * MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
@@ -794,43 +794,39 @@ sigusr1(int sig)
 
 /* record the startup time, for returning uptime */
 static void
-set_startup_time(int sysuptime)
+set_startup_time(void)
 {
-	startup_time = time(NULL);
+	startup_time = upnp_time();
 #ifdef USE_TIME_AS_BOOTID
-	if(startup_time > 60*60*24 && upnp_bootid == 1) {
-		/* We know we are not January the 1st 1970 */
-		upnp_bootid = (unsigned int)startup_time;
+	if(upnp_bootid == 1) {
+		upnp_bootid = (unsigned int)time(NULL);
 		/* from UDA v1.1 :
 		 * A convenient mechanism is to set this field value to the time
 		 * that the device sends its initial announcement, expressed as
 		 * seconds elapsed since midnight January 1, 1970; */
 	}
 #endif /* USE_TIME_AS_BOOTID */
-	if(sysuptime)
+	if(GETFLAG(SYSUPTIMEMASK))
 	{
 		/* use system uptime instead of daemon uptime */
 #if defined(__linux__)
-		char buff[64];
-		int uptime = 0, fd;
-		fd = open("/proc/uptime", O_RDONLY);
-		if(fd < 0)
+		unsigned long uptime = 0;
+		FILE * f = fopen("/proc/uptime", "r");
+		if(f == NULL)
 		{
-			syslog(LOG_ERR, "open(\"/proc/uptime\" : %m");
+			syslog(LOG_ERR, "fopen(\"/proc/uptime\") : %m");
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			memset(buff, 0, sizeof(buff));
-			if(read(fd, buff, sizeof(buff) - 1) < 0)
+			if(fscanf(f, "%lu", &uptime) != 1)
 			{
-				syslog(LOG_ERR, "read(\"/proc/uptime\" : %m");
+				syslog(LOG_ERR, "fscanf(\"/proc/uptime\") : %m");
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				uptime = atoi(buff);
-				syslog(LOG_INFO, "system uptime is %d seconds", uptime);
+				syslog(LOG_INFO, "system uptime is %lu seconds", uptime);
 			}
-			close(fd);
+			fclose(f);
 			startup_time -= uptime;
 		}
 #elif defined(SOLARIS_KSTATS)
@@ -1632,7 +1628,7 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv, struct runtime_vars * v)
 	syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "version " MINIUPNPD_VERSION " started");
 #endif /* TOMATO */
 
-	set_startup_time(GETFLAG(SYSUPTIMEMASK));
+	set_startup_time();
 
 	/* presentation url */
 	if(presurl)
@@ -2063,11 +2059,13 @@ main(int argc, char * * argv)
 	/* main loop */
 	while(!quitting)
 	{
+#ifdef USE_TIME_AS_BOOTID
 		/* Correct startup_time if it was set with a RTC close to 0 */
-		if((startup_time<60*60*24) && (time(NULL)>60*60*24))
+		if((upnp_bootid<60*60*24) && (time(NULL)>60*60*24))
 		{
-			set_startup_time(GETFLAG(SYSUPTIMEMASK));
+			upnp_bootid = time(NULL);
 		}
+#endif
 		/* send public address change notifications if needed */
 		if(should_send_public_address_change_notif)
 		{
diff --git a/miniupnpd/natpmp.c b/miniupnpd/natpmp.c
index 6b94428..0ed09e0 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/natpmp.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/natpmp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: natpmp.c,v 1.52 2015/05/27 12:43:14 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: natpmp.c,v 1.55 2018/03/12 22:41:54 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * (c) 2007-2017 Thomas Bernard
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ void ProcessIncomingNATPMPPacket(int s, unsigned char *msg_buff, int len,
 	if(epoch_origin == 0) {
 		epoch_origin = startup_time;
 	}
-	WRITENU32(resp+4, time(NULL) - epoch_origin);
+	WRITENU32(resp+4, upnp_time() - epoch_origin);
 	if(req[0] > 0) {
 		/* invalid version */
 		syslog(LOG_WARNING, "unsupported NAT-PMP version : %u",
@@ -382,15 +382,9 @@ void ProcessIncomingNATPMPPacket(int s, unsigned char *msg_buff, int len,
 						}
 					}
 					/* do the redirection */
-#if 0
-					timestamp = (unsigned)(time(NULL) - startup_time)
-					                      + lifetime;
-					snprintf(desc, sizeof(desc), "NAT-PMP %u", timestamp);
-#else
-					timestamp = time(NULL) + lifetime;
+					timestamp = upnp_time() + lifetime;
 					snprintf(desc, sizeof(desc), "NAT-PMP %hu %s",
 					         eport, (proto==IPPROTO_TCP)?"tcp":"udp");
-#endif
 					/* TODO : check return code */
 					if(upnp_redirect_internal(NULL, eport, senderaddrstr,
 					                          iport, proto, desc,
@@ -439,7 +433,7 @@ void SendNATPMPPublicAddressChangeNotification(int * sockets, int n_sockets)
 	if(epoch_origin == 0) {
 		epoch_origin = startup_time;
 	}
-	WRITENU32(notif+4, time(NULL) - epoch_origin);
+	WRITENU32(notif+4, upnp_time() - epoch_origin);
 #ifndef MULTIPLE_EXTERNAL_IP
 	FillPublicAddressResponse(notif, 0);
 	if(notif[3])
diff --git a/miniupnpd/pcpserver.c b/miniupnpd/pcpserver.c
index 0c96eea..7930fa5 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/pcpserver.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/pcpserver.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: pcpserver.c,v 1.39 2015/06/22 07:28:21 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: pcpserver.c,v 1.47 2018/03/13 10:21:19 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * Website : http://miniupnp.free.fr/
  * Author : Peter Tatrai
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static int CreatePCPPeer_NAT(pcp_info_t *pcp_msg_info)
 	uint16_t eport = pcp_msg_info->ext_port;  /* public port */
 
 	char peerip_s[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN], extip_s[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-	time_t timestamp = time(NULL) + pcp_msg_info->lifetime;
+	time_t timestamp = upnp_time() + pcp_msg_info->lifetime;
 	int r;
 
 	FillSA((struct sockaddr*)&intip, pcp_msg_info->mapped_ip,
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ static int CreatePCPMap_NAT(pcp_info_t *pcp_msg_info)
 	char iaddr_old[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
 	uint16_t iport_old, eport_first = 0;
 	int any_eport_allowed = 0;
-	unsigned int timestamp = time(NULL) + pcp_msg_info->lifetime;
+	unsigned int timestamp = upnp_time() + pcp_msg_info->lifetime;
 
 	if (pcp_msg_info->ext_port == 0) {
 		pcp_msg_info->ext_port = pcp_msg_info->int_port;
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ static void createPCPResponse(unsigned char *response, pcp_info_t *pcp_msg_info)
 	if(epoch_origin == 0) {
 		epoch_origin = startup_time;
 	}
-	WRITENU32(response + 8, time(NULL) - epoch_origin); /* epochtime */
+	WRITENU32(response + 8, upnp_time() - epoch_origin); /* epochtime */
 	switch (pcp_msg_info->result_code) {
 	/*long lifetime errors*/
 	case PCP_ERR_UNSUPP_VERSION:
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ void PCPPublicAddressChanged(int * sockets, int n_sockets)
 	/* according to RFC 6887  8.5 :
 	 *   if the external IP address(es) of the NAT (controlled by
 	 *   the PCP server) changes, the Epoch time MUST be reset. */
-	epoch_origin = time(NULL);
+	epoch_origin = upnp_time();
 #ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
 	PCPSendUnsolicitedAnnounce(sockets, n_sockets, socket6);
 #else /* IPv4 Only */
diff --git a/miniupnpd/testasyncsendto.c b/miniupnpd/testasyncsendto.c
index 51a58e2..6d441ea 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/testasyncsendto.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/testasyncsendto.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: testasyncsendto.c,v 1.4 2018/01/16 00:50:49 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: testasyncsendto.c,v 1.5 2018/03/13 10:25:52 nanard Exp $ */
 /* vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
  * MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "asyncsendto.h"
 
 struct lan_addr_list lan_addrs;
+int runtime_flags = 0;
+time_t startup_time = 0;
 
 #define DEST_IP "239.255.255.250"
 #define DEST_PORT 1900
diff --git a/miniupnpd/testgetroute.c b/miniupnpd/testgetroute.c
index 43e7edb..61491be 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/testgetroute.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/testgetroute.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/* $Id: testgetroute.c,v 1.5 2013/02/06 12:07:36 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: testgetroute.c,v 1.7 2018/03/13 10:25:52 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
- * (c) 2006-2015 Thomas Bernard
+ * (c) 2006-2018 Thomas Bernard
  * This software is subject to the conditions detailed
  * in the LICENCE file provided within the distribution */
 
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #endif
 
 struct lan_addr_list lan_addrs;
+int runtime_flags = 0;
+time_t startup_time = 0;
 
 int
 main(int argc, char ** argv)
diff --git a/miniupnpd/upnpevents.c b/miniupnpd/upnpevents.c
index ce8364d..dd73487 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/upnpevents.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/upnpevents.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-/* $Id: upnpevents.c,v 1.38 2017/11/02 15:50:35 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: upnpevents.c,v 1.39 2018/03/12 22:41:54 nanard Exp $ */
 /* vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
  * MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
- * (c) 2008-2017 Thomas Bernard
+ * (c) 2008-2018 Thomas Bernard
  * This software is subject to the conditions detailed
  * in the LICENCE file provided within the distribution */
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ upnpevents_addSubscriber(const char * eventurl,
 	if(!tmp)
 		return NULL;
 	if(timeout)
-		tmp->timeout = time(NULL) + timeout;
+		tmp->timeout = upnp_time() + timeout;
 	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&subscriberlist, tmp, entries);
 	upnp_event_create_notify(tmp);
 	return tmp->uuid;
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ upnpevents_renewSubscription(const char * sid, int sidlen, int timeout)
 		if((sidlen == 41) && (memcmp(sid, sub->uuid, 41) == 0)) {
 #ifdef UPNP_STRICT
 			/* check if the subscription already timeouted */
-			if(sub->timeout && time(NULL) > sub->timeout)
+			if(sub->timeout && upnp_time() > sub->timeout)
 				continue;
 #endif
-			sub->timeout = (timeout ? time(NULL) + timeout : 0);
+			sub->timeout = (timeout ? upnp_time() + timeout : 0);
 			return sub->uuid;
 		}
 	}
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ void upnpevents_processfds(fd_set *readset, fd_set *writeset)
 		obj = next;
 	}
 	/* remove timeouted subscribers */
-	curtime = time(NULL);
+	curtime = upnp_time();
 	for(sub = subscriberlist.lh_first; sub != NULL; ) {
 		subnext = sub->entries.le_next;
 		if(sub->timeout && curtime > sub->timeout && sub->notify == NULL) {
diff --git a/miniupnpd/upnppinhole.c b/miniupnpd/upnppinhole.c
index 9a4a131..71880a3 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/upnppinhole.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/upnppinhole.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/* $Id: upnppinhole.c,v 1.7 2014/12/09 09:13:53 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: upnppinhole.c,v 1.12 2018/03/13 10:24:55 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
- * (c) 2006-2017 Thomas Bernard
+ * (c) 2006-2018 Thomas Bernard
  * This software is subject to the conditions detailed
  * in the LICENCE file provided within the distribution */
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ upnp_add_inboundpinhole(const char * raddr,
 		       AF_INET6, iaddr, &address);
 		return -4;
 	}
-	current = time(NULL);
+	current = upnp_time();
 	timestamp = current + leasetime;
 	r = 0;
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ upnp_get_pinhole_info(unsigned short uid,
 	if(r >= 0) {
 		if(leasetime) {
 			time_t current_time;
-			current_time = time(NULL);
+			current_time = upnp_time();
 			if(timestamp > (unsigned int)current_time)
 				*leasetime = timestamp - current_time;
 			else
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ upnp_update_inboundpinhole(unsigned short uid, unsigned int leasetime)
 #if defined(USE_PF) || defined(USE_NETFILTER)
 	unsigned int timestamp;
 
-	timestamp = time(NULL) + leasetime;
+	timestamp = upnp_time() + leasetime;
 	return update_pinhole(uid, timestamp);
 #else
 	UNUSED(uid); UNUSED(leasetime);
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ upnp_check_pinhole_working(const char * uid,
 	/* TODO : to be implemented */
 #if 0
 	FILE * fd;
-	time_t expire = time(NULL);
+	time_t expire = upnp_time();
 	char buf[1024], filename[] = "/var/log/kern.log", expire_time[32]="";
 	int res = -4, str_len;
 
diff --git a/miniupnpd/upnpredirect.c b/miniupnpd/upnpredirect.c
index a45f98a..f4071ef 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/upnpredirect.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/upnpredirect.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: upnpredirect.c,v 1.92 2018/01/16 00:50:49 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: upnpredirect.c,v 1.93 2018/03/12 22:41:53 nanard Exp $ */
 /* vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
  * MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "upnpglobalvars.h"
 #include "upnpevents.h"
 #include "portinuse.h"
+#include "upnputils.h"
 #if defined(USE_NETFILTER)
 #include "netfilter/iptcrdr.h"
 #endif
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ int reload_from_lease_file()
 		syslog(LOG_WARNING, "could not unlink file %s : %m", lease_file);
 	}
 
-	current_time = time(NULL);
+	current_time = upnp_time();
 	while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fd)) {
 		syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "parsing lease file line '%s'", line);
 		proto = line;
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ upnp_redirect(const char * rhost, unsigned short eport,
 		    (rhost && (strcmp(rhost, rhost_old) == 0)))) {
 			syslog(LOG_INFO, "updating existing port mapping %hu %s (rhost '%s') => %s:%hu",
 				eport, protocol, rhost_old, iaddr_old, iport_old);
-			timestamp = (leaseduration > 0) ? time(NULL) + leaseduration : 0;
+			timestamp = (leaseduration > 0) ? upnp_time() + leaseduration : 0;
 			if(iport != iport_old) {
 				r = update_portmapping(ext_if_name, eport, proto, iport, desc, timestamp);
 			} else {
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ upnp_redirect(const char * rhost, unsigned short eport,
 		return -4;
 #endif /* CHECK_PORTINUSE */
 	} else {
-		timestamp = (leaseduration > 0) ? time(NULL) + leaseduration : 0;
+		timestamp = (leaseduration > 0) ? upnp_time() + leaseduration : 0;
 		syslog(LOG_INFO, "redirecting port %hu to %s:%hu protocol %s for: %s",
 			eport, iaddr, iport, protocol, desc);
 		return upnp_redirect_internal(rhost, eport, iaddr, iport, proto,
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ upnp_get_redirection_infos(unsigned short eport, const char * protocol,
 	                      0, 0);
 	if(r == 0 &&
 	   timestamp > 0 &&
-	   timestamp > (unsigned int)(current_time = time(NULL))) {
+	   timestamp > (unsigned int)(current_time = upnp_time())) {
 		*leaseduration = timestamp - current_time;
 	} else {
 		*leaseduration = 0;
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ upnp_get_redirection_infos_by_index(int index,
 		return -1;
 	else
 	{
-		current_time = time(NULL);
+		current_time = upnp_time();
 		*leaseduration = (timestamp > (unsigned int)current_time)
 		                 ? (timestamp - current_time)
 		                 : 0;
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ get_upnp_rules_state_list(int max_rules_number_target)
 	tmp = malloc(sizeof(struct rule_state));
 	if(!tmp)
 		return 0;
-	current_time = time(NULL);
+	current_time = upnp_time();
 	nextruletoclean_timestamp = 0;
 	while(get_redirect_rule_by_index(i, /*ifname*/0, &tmp->eport, 0, 0,
 	                              &iport, &proto, 0, 0, 0,0, &timestamp,
diff --git a/miniupnpd/upnpsoap.c b/miniupnpd/upnpsoap.c
index 0ace576..b4f156c 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/upnpsoap.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/upnpsoap.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: upnpsoap.c,v 1.149 2018/01/16 00:50:49 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: upnpsoap.c,v 1.151 2018/03/13 10:32:53 nanard Exp $ */
 /* vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
  * MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "getifstats.h"
 #include "getconnstatus.h"
 #include "upnpurns.h"
+#include "upnputils.h"
 
 /* utility function */
 static int is_numeric(const char * s)
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ GetStatusInfo(struct upnphttp * h, const char * action, const char * ns)
 	 * Disconnecting, Disconnected */
 
 	status = get_wan_connection_status_str(ext_if_name);
-	uptime = (time(NULL) - startup_time);
+	uptime = upnp_get_uptime();
 	bodylen = snprintf(body, sizeof(body), resp,
 		action, ns, /*SERVICE_TYPE_WANIPC,*/
 		status, (long)uptime, action);
diff --git a/miniupnpd/upnputils.c b/miniupnpd/upnputils.c
index 71bbe1e..010150f 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/upnputils.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/upnputils.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/* $Id: upnputils.c,v 1.10 2014/11/07 11:53:39 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: upnputils.c,v 1.12 2018/03/13 10:25:20 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
- * (c) 2006-2014 Thomas Bernard
+ * (c) 2006-2018 Thomas Bernard
  * This software is subject to the conditions detailed
  * in the LICENCE file provided within the distribution */
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
@@ -184,3 +185,38 @@ get_lan_for_peer(const struct sockaddr * peer)
 	return lan_addr;
 }
 
+time_t upnp_time(void)
+{
+#if defined(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_FAST) || defined(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+#if defined(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_FAST)
+#define UPNP_CLOCKID CLOCK_MONOTONIC_FAST
+#else
+#define UPNP_CLOCKID CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+#endif
+	struct timespec ts;
+	if (clock_gettime(UPNP_CLOCKID, &ts) < 0)
+		return time(NULL);
+	else
+		return ts.tv_sec;
+#else
+	return time(NULL);
+#endif
+}
+
+time_t upnp_get_uptime(void)
+{
+#if defined(CLOCK_UPTIME_FAST) || defined(CLOCK_UPTIME)
+#if defined(CLOCK_UPTIME_FAST)
+#define UPNP_CLOCKID_UPTIME CLOCK_UPTIME_FAST
+#else
+#define UPNP_CLOCKID_UPTIME CLOCK_UPTIME
+#endif
+	if(GETFLAG(SYSUPTIMEMASK))
+	{
+		struct timespec ts;
+		if (clock_gettime(UPNP_CLOCKID_UPTIME, &ts) >= 0)
+			return ts.tv_sec;
+	}
+#endif
+	return upnp_time() - startup_time;
+}
diff --git a/miniupnpd/upnputils.h b/miniupnpd/upnputils.h
index 6031425..66f3fc9 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/upnputils.h
+++ b/miniupnpd/upnputils.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/* $Id: upnputils.h,v 1.6 2014/03/31 12:32:57 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: upnputils.h,v 1.9 2018/03/13 10:25:20 nanard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
- * (c) 2011-2013 Thomas Bernard
+ * (c) 2011-2018 Thomas Bernard
  * This software is subject to the conditions detailed
  * in the LICENCE file provided within the distribution */
 
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ set_non_blocking(int fd);
 struct lan_addr_s *
 get_lan_for_peer(const struct sockaddr * peer);
 
+/**
+ * get the time for upnp (release expiration, etc.)
+ * Similar to a monotonic time(NULL)
+ */
+time_t upnp_time(void);
+
+/**
+ * return either the machine or the daemon uptime
+ */
+time_t upnp_get_uptime(void);
 
 /**
  * define portability macros