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Re: [Full-disclosure] Expired certificate



Am 2010-07-16 20:06, schrieb Dimitry Andric:
> 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.

The problem with this is, that often it seems to be usual to "renew"
certificates. I.e. CA gets cash, CA issues a new cert on EXACTLY THE
SAME KEY with just a different serial and validity...

Gruß
Jan

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