▲ 192 ▼ Sysadmins slam Apple’s SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts (www.theregister.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] InverseParallax@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (5 children) Certbot is basically automatic, think mines on a cronjob now. Who actually does this shit manually? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago Any number of numerous appliances and hideously malformed business systems that don't have ways to automate cert changes. Not everyone gets to work in their simple little world of standards-following lab servers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) This has a lot of "I can use the bus perfectly fine for my needs, so we should outlaw cars" energy to it. There are several systems, like firewalls , switches, routers, proprietary systems and so on that only has a manual process for updating, that can't be easily automated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) With 45 day certs it will get that functionality real fast permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hah. Snake oil vendors will still sell snake oil, CEO will still be dazzled by fancy dinners and fast talking salesmen, and IT will still be tasked with keeping the crap running. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, this is like changing your password every 45 days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago Any number of numerous appliances and hideously malformed business systems that don't have ways to automate cert changes. Not everyone gets to work in their simple little world of standards-following lab servers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) This has a lot of "I can use the bus perfectly fine for my needs, so we should outlaw cars" energy to it. There are several systems, like firewalls , switches, routers, proprietary systems and so on that only has a manual process for updating, that can't be easily automated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) With 45 day certs it will get that functionality real fast permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hah. Snake oil vendors will still sell snake oil, CEO will still be dazzled by fancy dinners and fast talking salesmen, and IT will still be tasked with keeping the crap running. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, this is like changing your password every 45 days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) With 45 day certs it will get that functionality real fast permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hah. Snake oil vendors will still sell snake oil, CEO will still be dazzled by fancy dinners and fast talking salesmen, and IT will still be tasked with keeping the crap running. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, this is like changing your password every 45 days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hah. Snake oil vendors will still sell snake oil, CEO will still be dazzled by fancy dinners and fast talking salesmen, and IT will still be tasked with keeping the crap running. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, this is like changing your password every 45 days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, this is like changing your password every 45 days. permalink fedilink source parent