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Re:Google Public CA is down by bawolff on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @10:18PM (#47056717)
In theory 8 hours of downtime should be fine for a CA. Obviously not ideal, but the pki system is not meant to be a live system.
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Re:Google Public CA is down by SchemaLoad on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @10:39PM (#47056864)
Fairly sure it used to be pretty much a manual process where someone had to actually process your request for a certificate on the other side.
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Re:Google Public CA is down by Ayesh on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @03:50AM (#47058800)
Yes, and it's not that long ago, or I aged really quickly.

For code signing certificates and EV certificates, (and OV certificates, if they are even alive), this is still the case.

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Re:Google Public CA is down by SchemaLoad on Thursday February 19, 2026 @05:35PM (#47080661)
It's been 11 years now since Lets Encrypt started with automated certs. EV certs I think died a long time ago.
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