Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027
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Major change in SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes, directly impacts infrastructure automation.
Summary
Free SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes reduce to 64 days in February.
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Nick Indge — Nick Indge is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica covering desktops, laptops, mobile devices, and self-hosted infrastructure. Before joining Ars, he spent over a decade in personnel security, starting as a contract background investigator...