Tag: Security

New 6-days Validity of Let’s Encrypt Certificates

I just saw this great news: Let’s Encrypt Announces 6-day Validity Certificates

Let’s Encrypt, the non-profit certificate authority, has introduced six-day validity certificates, commonly referred to as short-lived certificates.

Shorter validity periods are great for security. Traditional certificates can last up to a year, meaning if they get compromised, they remain a threat for a long time. Short-lived certificates, reduce the window of opportunity for attackers: Even if a certificate gets compromised, it will become invalid in less than a week.

Josh Aas, Executive Director of Let’s Encrypt’s parent organization, the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), emphasizes, “Short-lived certificates practically require automation… automating certificate issuance is crucial for improving security across the web.”

Oh yeah. I couldn’t agree more.

How to get simple DNS Protection

Malware sites are the plague of the century! And it’s so easy to fall for them. Phishing, hacked website content, or malware-ads – one click and you are on a website you shouldn’t be.

One way to deal with the issue is to block malicious domains at DNS resolver level. The advantage is that you do not have to do any modification at the devices!

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