Root Causes: A PKI and Security Podcast

Root Causes: A PKI and Security Podcast


Root Causes 108: Why Do Certificates Expire?

July 23, 2020

Root expirations occasionally make headlines by breaking systems, but it's a fact that certificates are expiring every day, each a potential outage waiting to happen. So why do certificates expire in the first place? Join our hosts as they discuss the reasons for expiration, its advantages over other mechanisms like revocation, and the right amount of time for a certificate to last.