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Six day and IP address certificate options in 2025

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197 points SGran | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 15:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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blakesterz ◴[16 Jan 25 18:47 UTC] No.42729220[source]▶
I don't disagree with anything they say here:

https://letsencrypt.org/2025/01/16/6-day-and-ip-certs/#short...

But... How often do these types of compromises happen? I can't say I've ever seen or heard of it happening.

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1. mholt ◴[16 Jan 25 20:01 UTC] No.42730145[source]▶
That's the thing. We don't always know. Hence the need to reduce the attack lifetime.