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I think it's a good idea, everyone should be automating this anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

There are a lot of embedded systems that do not offer API support to swap out certificates. Things like switches, dvr, nas devices, etc.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Honestly in rare situations that a device like that needs to be accessible from the wild Internet I think it'd be mad to expose it directly, especially if it's not manageable as you suggest. At the very least, I'd be leaning on a reverse proxy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

That implies though I don’t want valid certificates in my environment. I still want to make sure even on my private network I’m using valid certs. A lot of security departments require that too even if the device isn’t public facing.

[–] wildbus8979 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm with you, but that's why I'm automating certificate expiry checking somewhere else (in my home assistant install to be exact).

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