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09-24-2007

Is it safe to remove digital certificates that have expired? I have several
such certificates in Intermediate Cert.Authorities, Trusted Root Cert.
Authorities, and Untrusted Publishers.

09-25-2007

"Reb" <Reb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AE0AA768-EC4A-470E-933F-7165143D5E27@xxxxxx

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> Is it safe to remove digital certificates that have expired? I have
> several
> such certificates in Intermediate Cert.Authorities, Trusted Root Cert.
> Authorities, and Untrusted Publishers.

I can't see why removing expired certificates would pose a problem. Unless
you have a local app that -does- authenticate using the expired certs. (Or
remote app for that matter... but then there'd be a problem with any app
that authenticates with expired certs.)

Lang

11-24-2007

I got really courageous one day and removed all expired certificates and the
consequences were so severe I had to reinstall the OS...perhaps I deleted a
valid certificate (although I think I did it very methodically and correct)
but the ramifications were severe. You would think it would not matter and
they should be deleted automatically by the system itself.

"Lang Murphy" wrote:

Quote:

> "Reb" <Reb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:AE0AA768-EC4A-470E-933F-7165143D5E27@xxxxxx

Quote:

> > Is it safe to remove digital certificates that have expired? I have
> > several
> > such certificates in Intermediate Cert.Authorities, Trusted Root Cert.
> > Authorities, and Untrusted Publishers.

>
>
> I can't see why removing expired certificates would pose a problem. Unless
> you have a local app that -does- authenticate using the expired certs. (Or
> remote app for that matter... but then there'd be a problem with any app
> that authenticates with expired certs.)
>
> Lang
>

09-24-2007	#1 (permalink)
Reb n/a posts	Digital Certificates Is it safe to remove digital certificates that have expired? I have several such certificates in Intermediate Cert.Authorities, Trusted Root Cert. Authorities, and Untrusted Publishers.
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09-25-2007	#2 (permalink)
Lang Murphy n/a posts	Re: Digital Certificates "Reb" <Reb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:AE0AA768-EC4A-470E-933F-7165143D5E27@xxxxxx Quote: > Is it safe to remove digital certificates that have expired? I have > several > such certificates in Intermediate Cert.Authorities, Trusted Root Cert. > Authorities, and Untrusted Publishers. I can't see why removing expired certificates would pose a problem. Unless you have a local app that -does- authenticate using the expired certs. (Or remote app for that matter... but then there'd be a problem with any app that authenticates with expired certs.) Lang
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11-24-2007	#3 (permalink)
indivmed2008 n/a posts	Re: Digital Certificates I got really courageous one day and removed all expired certificates and the consequences were so severe I had to reinstall the OS...perhaps I deleted a valid certificate (although I think I did it very methodically and correct) but the ramifications were severe. You would think it would not matter and they should be deleted automatically by the system itself. "Lang Murphy" wrote: Quote: > "Reb" <Reb@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:AE0AA768-EC4A-470E-933F-7165143D5E27@xxxxxx Quote: > > Is it safe to remove digital certificates that have expired? I have > > several > > such certificates in Intermediate Cert.Authorities, Trusted Root Cert. > > Authorities, and Untrusted Publishers. > > > I can't see why removing expired certificates would pose a problem. Unless > you have a local app that -does- authenticate using the expired certs. (Or > remote app for that matter... but then there'd be a problem with any app > that authenticates with expired certs.) > > Lang >
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