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93: TLS certificate lifespans shortening to 47 days by 2029 (with DigiCert's Dean Coclin)
This episode originally aired on 4/29/25 on What the Dev?, our podcast for software developers.
In this episode, Jenna interviewed Dean Coclin, senior director of Industry Strategy at DigiCert, about the recent vote by the CA/Browser Forum to shorten the lifespan of TLS certificates to 47 days by 2029.
They discuss:
- The schedule for the changes and the gradual increments lifespans will shorten by
- The rationale behind shortening certificate lifetimes
- How to start preparing for changes
Read an article based on this episode here: https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/preparing-for-tls-certificate-lifetimes-dropping-from-398-days-to-47-days-by-2029/