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by otabdeveloper4 1072 days ago
> LetsEncrypt did us a huge favor by forcing automation vs having the guy who knows how to update the SSL certs every 4.9 years and left 6 months ago.

Not in my experience. There's still a guy who goes around and updates (manually) all the LetsEncrypt certificates every year.

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> Not in my experience. There's still a guy who goes around and updates (manually) all the LetsEncrypt certificates every year.

LetsEncrypt certificates don't last for one year, they only last for 90 days, no exceptions. You may be thinking about something different.

They may be talking about the certbot software itself, which does the updating of certs.
We truly live in amazing times! We have language models that sound human and internet from space, but never bothered to schedule that script for updating TLS certs. Or put it in version control for that matter.

Sounds like my org :)

Shouldn't he be going around every couple of months?