[lug] Understanding a SSL/TLS Certificate Issue

[Matt Bidwell]

On 6/19/20 3:25 PM, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:38:13 -0600
> Matt Bidwell wrote:
> 
>> Did any one mention this recent known issue with Sectigo certs?
>> https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/02/sectigo_root_cert_expires/
> 
> I'm in a maze of twisty passages.
> 
> https://support.sectigo.com/Com_KnowledgeDetailPage?Id=kA03l00000117LT
> 
> I don't get much useful from that, but maybe it's operative in my case.
> But, it appears that TheReg (they're known for this) ran the sensational
> part, but not the whole story. So, this is a thing known about in
> advance, and supposedly, a "no action" thing for end users.

I'm not sure it's that sensational. We experienced the issue with when 
scripts and other things were using using older protocols. The mention 
of using openssl and Sectigo is why I posted the link. -Matt