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A daily certbot run won't protect you if the CA discovers the problem at 2pm (starting the 24 hour revocation timer) but they only have a fix rolled out by 6pm.
by michaelt 2y ago
A daily certbot run won't protect you if the CA discovers the problem at 2pm (starting the 24 hour revocation timer) but they only have a fix rolled out by 6pm.
Anyone whose certbot run was between 2pm and 6pm would get their cert revoked the next day at 2pm anyway - even if it was only issued 18 hours ago.
There's also a higher level question: Is this the web we want to be building? One where every site and service has to apply for permission to continue existing every 24 hours? Do we want a web where the barrier to entry for hosting is a round-the-clock ops team, complete with holiday cover? And if you don't have that, you should be using Facebook or Twitter instead?