Root Causes 33: Prepare for One-year Limits on SSL Certificates

The CA/Browser Forum faces a proposed ballot to limit the maximum duration of an SSL certificate to 13 months. Even if this ballot fails, browsers such as Google Chrome have the ability to simply distrust certificates of longer duration, creating the same de facto situation. Our hosts discuss the trend to shorter certificates, the pluses and minuses of decreased maximum term, and automation as the only solution to fill the gap.