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Sysadmins slam Apple’s SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lame. 45 days? 10 days for DCV? How common are exploits involving old certificates anyway? And automated cert management is just another exploit target. Do they seriously think an attacker who pwns a server can't keep the automatic renewals running?

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 32 points 2 weeks ago

The solution, according to Sectigo's Chief Compliance Officer Tim Callan, is to automate certificate management — unsurprising considering the firm sells software that does just this.