[kwlug-disc] Incorrect Let's Encrypt expiry notices

Raymond Chen raymondchen625 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 5 19:37:26 EST 2017


I checked with Chrome, Firefox and Safari. They were all fine, with expiry
date Jan. 12, 2018. Your warning seems from "Let's Encrypt Expiry Bot",
maybe it doesn't make a live request before sending the warning?



On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> Yes. I get them all the time.
>
> The problem is that it still warns about the old certificate even if you
> have renewed it.
>
> Did not find a way to turn this off, but I did not researched it either.
>
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>>
>> Has anyone else using Let's Encrypt been getting these messages?
>>
>> On 2017-11-03 04:35 AM, Let's Encrypt Expiry Bot wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Your certificate (or certificates) for the names listed below will
>> > expire in 9 days (on 13 Nov 17 07:59 +0000). Please make sure to
>> > renew your certificate before then, or visitors to your website
>> > will encounter errors.
>> >
>> > bobjonkman.ca
>>
>> Yet when I look at the certificates list with the 'certbot' command I
>> get this:
>>
>> > webserver:~/ # certbot certificates Found the following certs:
>> > Certificate Name: bobjonkman.ca Domains: bobjonkman.ca
>> > www.bobjonkman.ca Expiry Date: 2018-01-12 15:43:59+00:00 (VALID: 69
>> > days) Certificate Path:
>> > /etc/letsencrypt/live/bobjonkman.ca/fullchain.pem Private Key Path:
>> > /etc/letsencrypt/live/bobjonkman.ca/privkey.pem
>>
>> I've had a few reminder notices for other certificates, and they
>> haven't been accurate either.
>>
>> Should I be worried the cert will exipre in 9 days? Have I set up
>> something incorrectly? Is it a bug in certbot? Is it a bug with Let's
>> Encrypt's reminder software?
>>
>> Before I report this to Let's Encrypt I want to make sure I understand
>> the situation.
>>
>> - --Bob.
>>
>>
>> - --
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>> GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA
>>
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>> Version: GnuPG v2
>> Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability
>>
>> iEYEARECAAYFAln81wEACgkQuRKJsNLM5equRQCgppZYyqdbdQr6UtWLeyr0xvjG
>> vDMAn0sKQka8vWETKnsp9qzoRVMADpfT
>> =3i5O
>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>
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