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Comment by snowwrestler

5 days ago

> Of course they do, they have to.

Why do they have to?

(This will also tell you why certs in your OS need to expire.)

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grishka  5 days ago

Because domains change owners.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074127

  • snowwrestler  14 minutes ago

    More specifically: because they cannot be revoked, they need to expire. Same with root certs.

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