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Doesn't matter - if you roll out a service, your number one priority is to keep the users happy by keeping your service running. And there's something called te
by blinkingled 11y ago
Doesn't matter - if you roll out a service, your number one priority is to keep the users happy by keeping your service running. And there's something called testing too - it's not like it was rocket science for Apple to detect problem apps and get that sorted before the SHA-2 rollout. They are taking a 30% cut for crying out loud.
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- mikeash 11y agoThey could even do something really crazy like telling everybody about the change in advance so third-party developers could double-check their code and make sure it still worked.
- blinkingled 11y agoYes! Communication is the first measure to try before anything technical as a second line of defense - but that's not a part of Apple's DNA :)
- rdancer 11y agoThe expiration date is part of the certificate description. Events like this happen day-in, day-out. "Telling everybody" is not the solution, comprehensive testing is.
- mikeash 11y agoThe problem wasn't simply the expiration date, but also issuing new certificates with SHA-256 instead of SHA-1. That's a big change you ought to tell developers about when it's their software that had to deal with those certificates.