[Cryptography] Apple's 13-month certificate policy

Patrick Chkoreff pc at fexl.com
Sat Feb 22 18:23:03 EST 2020


Henry Baker wrote on 2/22/20 12:04 PM:

> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/20/apple_shorter_cert_lifetime/
...
> We note Let's Encrypt issues free HTTPS certificates that expire after
> 90 days, and provides tools to automate renewals, so those will be
> just fine – and they are used all over the web now.

Yes, the auto-renewal works beautifully and eliminates a world of
headaches.  I suspect that Apple's move will accelerate the adoption of
Let's Encrypt, now that everyone will have to renew more often.


-- Patrick


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