[Cialug] LetsEncrypt ONLINE!!

Matthew Nuzum newz at bearfruit.org
Wed Dec 9 17:49:44 CST 2015


Is it a good idea for the CERT to be cycled more often then 90 days?
Obviously you wouldn't wait until the 90th day to renew it, but what about
every 30 days?

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 11:25 AM Todd E Thomas <todd.dsm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm kinda jazzed about this; been waiting since (I think) Jim shared it
> with the group.
>
> As a note, it should be taken into consideration *they favor a 90-day
> cert*.
> The reasons for this are explained in their blog
> <https://letsencrypt.org//2015/11/09/why-90-days.html>. They've gone out
> of
> their way to make certs automat*able* - finally.
>
> So, given that certs can be (easily?) automatically swapped-out every
> 90-days, the re-cracking (by the NSA, random knuckleheads, etc) would start
> over again with each new cert.
>
> Nice.
>> TT
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