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Sysadmins slam Apple’s SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2024
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Smells like you didn't read the article, it's an ongoing trend:
Thank you for the smug response however I did indeed read the article and going from 13 months to 10 days is not a trend but a complete rearchitecture of how certificates are managed.
You have no idea how many orgs have to do this manually as their systems won’t enable it to be automated. Following a KBA once a year is fine for most (yet they still forget and websites break for a few days; this literally happened to NVD of all things a few weeks ago).
This change is a 36x increase in effort with no consideration for those who can’t renew and apply certs programmatically / through automation.
Don't worry. All that old gear is at least 45 days old - so old - and isn't an apple product anyway probably. Ergo, support isn't their issue and you will have to take that up with your OEM because la-la-la-laaaaa, can't hear you. Wanna go ride bikes?
Then do explain your conspiracy theory. Sectigo could go for a money grab, otherwise... probably just forcing automation without thinking of impact, as usual.
Reducing it to one year made sense, one year down to 10 days is actually a fucking massive difference. Practically speaking, it’s a far, far bigger change than 8 years down to 1.
This isn’t just an “ongoing trend” at this point, it would be a fundamental change to the way that certificates are managed i.e. making it impossible to handle renewals manually for any decently sized business.