RootCAs:          globalRootCAs,
				CipherSuites:     crypto.TLSCiphers(),
				CurvePreferences: crypto.TLSCurveIDs(),
			}),
		Local:        local,
		Hosts:        hosts,
		AuthToken:    validateStorageRequestToken,
		AuthFn:       newCachedAuthToken(),
		BlockConnect: globalGridStart,
		// Record incoming and outgoing bytes.
		Incoming:  globalConnStats.incInternodeInputBytes,

	}
	w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
}

// DefaultSkewTime - skew time is 15 minutes between minio peers.
const DefaultSkewTime = 15 * time.Minute

// validateStorageRequestToken will validate the token against the provided audience.
func validateStorageRequestToken(token string) error {
	claims := xjwt.NewStandardClaims()
	if err := xjwt.ParseWithStandardClaims(token, claims, []byte(globalActiveCred.SecretKey)); err != nil {