Microsoft CA certificate templates expires sooner than expected
- by Tim Brigham
The certificates my Microsoft CA is generating do not match the time period indicated in the template used. How can I resolve this?
I recently created a new certificate template for use on my Linux boxes on my Microsoft CA (2008 R2 Enterprise). This template is approved for server and client authentication purposes with a validity period of 10 years - the expected lifetime of our Linux boxes - and the subject name supplied in the request. I have checked both the intermediate and offline CA - both have more than 10 years of life listed.
Is there some kind of hard limit I'm hitting here?