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Google Proposes Reducing TLS Cert Life Span to 90 Days

Google Proposes Reducing TLS Cert Life Span to 90 Days

Google plans to limit the lifespan of digital certificates from a maximum of two years to just over one year, with the aim of reducing the window of opportunity for attackers to use fraudulent certificates to hijack HTTPS sites, according to a proposal it put forward last week. The policy change would make short validity periods a requirement in Chrome and set a de facto standard across the web.


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