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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Theo   
   Re: Website Certs Will Soon Last Only 47   
   13 Apr 25 00:04:39   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 12 Apr 2025 11:44:45 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote:   
      
   > Much networking gear, for example, has a web interface for uploading a   
   > certificate, but not an automated flow for doing so.   
      
   Surely most if not all of that networking gear is Linux-based by now. And   
   Linux can certainly do it.   
      
   > If that gear is also not able to reach the internet it can't do any kind   
   > of 'well-known' challenges.   
      
   There would be ways to selectively allow such things through the firewall.   
      
   > I'm sure there are workarounds, but they won't necessarily apply to   
   > what's already out there.   
      
   I’m sure there are software updates to cope with this. Companies that are   
   used to coping with large data-centre installations would not be new to   
   this.   
      
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