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February 2025 Archive

Removing Staples: Moving Away From Let's Encrypt OSCP Stapling

Screen snip of the summary/output of an SSL Server Test report, indicating a strong "A+" rating for the server/certificate configuration.

February 03, 2025
5 minutes
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Last summer, Let's Encrypt announced their intent to end their OCSP service, and this was formalized in December with key dates related to the change. Near the end of January, I also received a direct email from Let's Encrypt detailing certificates of mine that had been configured with the "Must Staple" property.

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