Michael Ellerbeck wrote:
> Thank you all, I was mainly concerned with what would
happen when the
> certificate expired. But I finally realized that this
wouldn't be
> much of a problem since you can renew the certificate.
I am still
> curious about what happens when a certificate becomes
renewed. For
> example if I have email encrypted with an old
certificate and then I
> get that certificate renewed is this an additional
certificate or
> does it install on top of the old certificate? If its a
new one does
> that mean you have to keep a history of all the old
certificates in
> order to unencrypted old emails? Can I assume that when
a certificate
> expires it can just no longer be used to send encrypted
email but can
> still be used to un encrypt?
It's only the certificate that changes, not the private
key, and as long
as the software imports the certificate and replaces it
there should be
no issue, since it's the private key that decrypts the old
messages...
So to answer your question, as long as the software you are
using
handles the new certificate correctly there should be no
issue...
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