[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

This bug was fixed in the package ssl-cert - 1.1.0 --- ssl-cert (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=medium [ Stefan Fritsch ] * Remove obsolete openssl-blacklist suggests. * Add some autopkgtests. LP: #1679405 * Create correct hash symlink. LP: #1324897 * Automatically re-create the

[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

The link at [1] does not talk about self-signed certificates at all, only about DV and OV certificates. I agree that make-ssl-cert should have an option for the life time of the generated certificate, but I don't think that 825 days should be the default for 'generate-default- snakeoil'. If you

[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

** Merge proposal linked: https://code.launchpad.net/~bryce/ubuntu/+source/ssl-cert/+git/ssl-cert/+merge/393784 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853021 Title: ssl-cert

[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

** Description changed: - The CA/Browser Forum now has a standard with maximum expiration of 825 - days. + [Impact] + The CA/Browser Forum now has a standard with maximum expiration of 825 days. `ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil` hardcodes this to 10 years (3650 days), but provides no

[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853021 Title: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day

[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

** Changed in: ssl-cert (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: ssl-cert (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Tags added: bitesize ** Tags added: server-next -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

If I understand correctly, the needed fix here is to modify /usr/sbin /make-ssl-cert to add a --expiration-days=N option that passes the value to the -days arg in the last invocation of `openssl req`, maybe similar to what I've sketched in the attached (completely untested) patch? ** Patch added:

[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

** Description changed: The CA/Browser Forum now has a standard with maximum expiration of 825 days. References: https://cabforum.org/2017/03/17/ballot-193-825-day-certificate-lifetimes/ https://www.sslshopper.com/cab-forum-reduces-max-cert-validity-to-825-days.html

[Bug 1853021] Re: ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration

** Summary changed: - ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration + ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil provides no way to override default 10 year expiration or reduce to 825 day expiration -- You received this bug notification because you are a