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Re: changing the expiration of a certificate



also sprach Vineet Kumar <debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net> [2002.11.25.2100 +0100]:
> A certificate is a signed public key.  The expiration date is associated
> with the signature; the public key remains the same.  Since the data
> being signed changes, the signature (and hence its fingerprint) must
> change.

But you just contradicted yourself. The public key remains the same,
so the data being signed remains the same.

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