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Mozilla Joins Apple, Google in Reducing TLS Certificate Lifespans
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<blockquote data-quote="Stopspying" data-source="post: 894128" data-attributes="member: 69368"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'">"Mozilla is the latest browser maker to have announced updated policies that would reduce the lifetime of TLS (Transport Layer Security) certificates.</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'">Currently, SSL/TLS certificates have a maximum lifespan of 825 days, but, in an attempt to ensure better protection of HTTPS connections, browser makers such as Apple, Google and Mozilla are looking into reducing that period to 398 days.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'">Apple was the first to make a move in this direction, by <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211025" target="_blank">announcing</a> earlier this year that, starting September 1, 2020, TLS server certificates should have a validity period of up to 398 days."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'">[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.securityweek.com/mozilla-joins-apple-google-reducing-tls-certificate-lifespans[/URL]</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stopspying, post: 894128, member: 69368"] [B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]"Mozilla is the latest browser maker to have announced updated policies that would reduce the lifetime of TLS (Transport Layer Security) certificates.[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]Currently, SSL/TLS certificates have a maximum lifespan of 825 days, but, in an attempt to ensure better protection of HTTPS connections, browser makers such as Apple, Google and Mozilla are looking into reducing that period to 398 days. Apple was the first to make a move in this direction, by [URL='https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211025']announcing[/URL] earlier this year that, starting September 1, 2020, TLS server certificates should have a validity period of up to 398 days." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.securityweek.com/mozilla-joins-apple-google-reducing-tls-certificate-lifespans[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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