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mkj ◴[] No.44602124[source]
It's not just Linux - certificates to sign Windows are also affected in 2026.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/windows-secure-boo...

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/...

Really it seems like having any expiry date for these certificates is a mistake. The one thing it might protect against is a compromised signing key, but if you have to wait 15 years for a compromised key to stop being valid, it's not very useful!

Don't worry, the replacement MS certs expire in 2038 (a couple of months after the 32-bit unix time rollover).

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1. semi-extrinsic ◴[] No.44602895[source]
> Really it seems like having any expiry date for these certificates is a mistake.

Especially when most relevant attacks occur in the scenario where attacker has control over the system clock.