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cortesofttoday at 2:52 AM1 replyview on HN

You can just read their explanation: https://letsencrypt.org/2015/11/09/why-90-days

Tl;dr is to limit damage from leaked certs and to encourage automation.


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ChrisArchitecttoday at 2:57 AM

Related recently:

Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46117126