** Description changed: - The CA/Browser Forum now has a standard with maximum expiration of 825 - days. + [Impact] + The CA/Browser Forum now has a standard with maximum expiration of 825 days. `ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil` hardcodes this to 10 years (3650 days), but provides no mechanism for setting this to alternative values, such as 825. + + [Test Case] + $ openssl x509 -enddate -noout -in /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem + notAfter=Dec 15 04:21:19 2029 GMT + $ sudo rm /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key + $ make-ssl-cert --expiration-days=10 generate-default-snakeoil + notAfter=Nov 24 04:21:43 2020 GMT + + [Where Problems Could Occur] + The fix for this bug includes a new implementation of option handling, so the most likely place to watch for issues would be options that no longer work or behave differently. However, the script previously supported only a small number of ways to be executed so is simple to just test all the combinations. + + The purpose of the script itself is to create certificates, so another + obvious thing to watch would be invalidly generated certificates. + + [Original Report] + The CA/Browser Forum now has a standard with maximum expiration of 825 days. References: https://cabforum.org/2017/03/17/ballot-193-825-day-certificate-lifetimes/ https://www.sslshopper.com/cab-forum-reduces-max-cert-validity-to-825-days.html https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210176 Related previous issue when changed from 30-days to 10-years: "ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 30 day expiration" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssl-cert/+bug/253512 """ The openssl req command requires a -days argument to override the default number of days (30) for validity of self-signed certifiicates. 30 days seems an unreasonably low default. I have found no way to change this without fiddling with /usr/sbin/make-ssl-cert and adding "-days 365" (for example) to the relevant command line. """
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