This is a discussion on Re: Change expiration date - Openssl ; On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:01:51PM -0800, Khanh Nguyen wrote: > I am using file private key with expiration time within 365 days. You are not. Private keys don't have expiration dates. Public key certificates have expiration dates, set ...
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:01:51PM -0800, Khanh Nguyen wrote:
> I am using file private key with expiration time within 365 days.
You are not. Private keys don't have expiration dates. Public key
certificates have expiration dates, set by the certificate issuer.
> Now, I want to use it more than 365 days. Can I do this in openssl?
On the other hand if something has expired, it would a security problem
if you could unilaterally extend the validity date, so the answer is
"no", you cannot, unless you are the certificate issuer.
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Viktor.
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