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by zimpenfish 303 days ago
> since you would need to ask for the certificate from a central authority

Could it work that your long-term certificate (90 days, whatever) gives you the ability to sign ephemeral certificates (much like, e.g. LetsEncrypt signs your 90 day certificate)? That saves calling out to a central authority for each request.

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Without knowing the technical details too much: Maybe, although I don’t think it would make much difference in my argument, since it would still add too much time to the request. Likely less, but still noticeable.