Has anyone noticed some big certificates expire in 2035 and 2036? If you install windows it installs root certificates issued by Microsoft that expire in 6/23/2035 and 3/22/2036 - march 22nd being close to the day John Titor "left" to go back to the future.
Most Microsoft components such as Windows, Exchange, require certificates because everything is digitally signed to prevent tampering by the bad guys, and hobbyist. Microsoft doesnt want to lose control of their products. However if there was a nuclear war and the Microsoft certificate CA is blown to bits there would be no way of issuing new certs and the existing ones would expire which would cause a lot of chaos with computer systems - Windows might not even boot up because it wont be able to verify the integrity of the OS.
Sounds like John Titor's "unix problem". These certs were issues in 2011 and 2010. Wouldnt be that hard to visit that year and make a copy of Microsofts root CA so you could issue new certs...
Most Microsoft components such as Windows, Exchange, require certificates because everything is digitally signed to prevent tampering by the bad guys, and hobbyist. Microsoft doesnt want to lose control of their products. However if there was a nuclear war and the Microsoft certificate CA is blown to bits there would be no way of issuing new certs and the existing ones would expire which would cause a lot of chaos with computer systems - Windows might not even boot up because it wont be able to verify the integrity of the OS.
Sounds like John Titor's "unix problem". These certs were issues in 2011 and 2010. Wouldnt be that hard to visit that year and make a copy of Microsofts root CA so you could issue new certs...