check_http

Ulrik Haugen ulrik.haugen at liu.se
Thu Feb 27 12:52:41 CET 2020


Hello!

Dave Compton <sircompo at gmail.com> wrote:
> From 1st Sep, any cert with a validity of over 398 days will be
> rejected by Opera.
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/20/apple_shorter_cert_lifetime/
> I expect other browsers to follow suit.

According to the article you link to you probably meant Safari, making
the case for your suggestion even stronger.

> I suggest adding an option to check_http to set the maximum validity
> time of the certificate. My C is rather rusty but I'd be happy to try
> and hack something together if you think this check will be useful
> (and no-one on the project wants to code it!).

Not that i'm a part of the project but i agree the option you describe
would be useful!

Best regards
/Ulrik Haugen


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