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Re: Expired certificate
From: Dimitry Andric <dimitry () andric com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:06:24 +0200
On 2010-07-16 19:15, Larry Seltzer wrote:
Certificates have expiration dates so that the verification that happens at the time the cert is acquired can have some "freshness."
That is definitely not the only reason. The longer a certificate (or actually, any 'secret key') is being used, the larger the probability that it will be compromised, either by an opponent brute-forcing it, or by good ole' human error. Another reason is, of course, to guarantee steady income for the certificate vendors... ;) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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