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by UnoriginalGuy 4845 days ago
- Subject is invalid (and wrong)

- Overly broad (*.fbi.com) could have used "Subject Alternative Name" to list sub-domains instead.

- 3 year duration (for the FBI?). I mean for small online shops, that is fine, but many companies are now rolling their certificates yearly or bi-yearly (e.g. Amazon, Bank Of America, HSBC, etc).

On the positive side they are using a 2048 bit key length. I dunno. I guess it depends to what standard you hold the FBI up to. If you think their site should be as secure as a banking site or large online retailer then they fail at that...