Starting today, the lifespan of new TLS certificates will be limited to 398 days, a little over a year, from the previous maximum certificate lifetime of 27 months (825 days). In a move that’s meant to boost security, Apple, Google, and Mozilla are set to reject publicly rooted digital certificates [...]
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