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Subject: Re: Suddenly all extensions are deemed "corrupted"
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Carlos E.R. wrote:

> Notice that Mozilla did not do anything. Simply when you create or buy a 
> certificate, it is created with an expiration date. And that date will 
> eventually arrive.

But most products using certificates have a mechanism to allow updating 
certificates, indeed Firefox can update the certificates used to trust 
websites, but it seems the certificates to trust add-ons are separate 
from that mechanism.