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Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt

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On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:27:37 -0300, Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:
>Let's Encrypt is planning a 6-day TLS certificate for next year.
>> Our longstanding offering won't fundamentally change next year, but we
>> are going to introduce a new offering that's a big shift from anything
>> we've done before - short-lived certificates. Specifically,
>> certificates with a lifetime of six days. This is a big upgrade for
>> the security of the TLS ecosystem because it minimizes exposure time
>> during a key compromise event.
>Source: 
>https://letsencrypt.org/2024/12/11/eoy-letter-2024/

seems like everyone is using tls . . . is there anyone "not" using it?

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6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2024-12-11 20:27 -0300
  Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2024-12-12 00:12 +0000
    Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-12-12 00:28 +0000
      Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Broseki <broseki@whitetail.is> - 2024-12-12 01:05 +0000
        Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-12 06:07 +0000
          Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Broseki <broseki@whitetail.is> - 2024-12-12 22:28 +0000
            Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-12 23:28 +0000
            Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-13 03:02 +0000
      Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2024-12-12 01:42 +0000
      Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-12 10:03 +0000
      Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-12-13 18:22 +0000
        Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-13 22:01 +0000
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    Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-12 01:10 +0000

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