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Re: Expired certificates
From: Kenton Smith <listsks () yahoo ca>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:18:52 -0400 (EDT)
This seems like a bit of a pointless argument. If they have no other reason for removing it other than convenience, I don't see why you don't just remove it. That aside, I suppose the only security risk I can see is that there is information on that certificate someone could use against you. It is possible that they could take that information and spoof the site and certificate. That's about the only security risk to leaving it there that I can think of. Kenton --- 1tgeye () surewest net wrote:
We have an IIS server with an old certificate that has expired. We do not use it anymore and I am arguing to remove it from the site. Other people are saying it doesn't hurt anything and just leave it there. Can anyone give me a reason why an unused but expired certificate could cause a security risk? I would like to add that to my argument why it should be removed.
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