Extension of certificate expiry date

[Anand Sridharan]

Hi Viktor ,
we have used hardcoded certificate information in a piece of code , we
don't want to change it often.
There aren't any other reasons for it.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 4:21 PM Viktor Dukhovni <openssl-users at dukhovni.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 04:01:37PM -0700, Anand Sridharan wrote:
>
> > is there a way on openssl to extend the expiry of certificate date?
> >
> > I created a certificate with an expiry date set for 365 days but looking
> > now to extend it longer or indefinitely.
>
> You need to sign a new certificate for the same subject name and public
> key.  While it is possible to use an existing certificate as a
> "template" the new certificate, it is often simpler to just create a new
> one.  Is there any reason why that's not a good option for you?
>
> --
>     Viktor.
>


-- 
thanks,

Anand.S
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