diff --git a/http/peer-id-auth.md b/http/peer-id-auth.md
index 4cf865201..b378dc269 100644
--- a/http/peer-id-auth.md
+++ b/http/peer-id-auth.md
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ your domain, you may be vulnerable to a mitm attack.
 
 ## Complete Example Handshake
 
+The following is a complete and reproducible handshake. Generated by the current
+implementation of this spec in go-libp2p.
+
+Understanding the opaque value is not necessary in order to understand this
+spec. Servers are free to do whatever they want with the opaque field. The
+opaque value represents encoded server state authenticated with an HMAC. The
+details can be found in the go-libp2p source.
+
 ### Parameters
 | Parameter                              | Value                                                                                                                                    |
 | -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -170,7 +178,7 @@ your domain, you may be vulnerable to a mitm attack.
 | Challenge Client                       | ERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERE=                                                                                             |
 | Client Private Key (pb encoded as hex) | 0801124002020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202028139770ea87d175f56a35466c34c7ecccb8d8a91b4ee37a25df60f5b8fc9b394 |
 | Challenge Server                       | MzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMz                                                                                                         |
-| "Now" time                             | 1969-12-31 16:00:00 -0800 PST                                                                                                            |
+| "Now" time                             | 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC                                                                                                            |
 
 ### Handshake Diagram
 ```mermaid