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Old 05-07-2008, 09:59 PM   #1
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OpenVPN CA Certificate Invalid

Hi all,

Does anyone know if a CA Certificate is GENERATED at a future date, is the certificate invalid until that date?

Ie, if I set my system date to 25th December 2010, then set my date correctly using ntp, is that certificate invalid until Christmas day 2010 or can I use it before then?

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Old 05-07-2008, 10:12 PM   #2
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you don't need to change your computer date.
when create CA, you can set it for 10 years.
 
Old 05-07-2008, 10:41 PM   #3
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He's refering to a start date rather than an expiry.

I don't know the answer though
 
Old 05-07-2008, 10:57 PM   #4
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Quote:
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He's refering to a start date rather than an expiry.
Correct.

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I don't know the answer though
Bugger!

I'm getting "Certificate Not Yet Valid" errors even though both client and server have been sync'ed to a common NTP server (ntp.internode.on.net) but the certificate was generated on the server before the ntp sync occurred and the date was incorrectly around 10 hours ahead (approx 2000hrs tonight, instead of 0930hrs today)
 
Old 05-07-2008, 11:01 PM   #5
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Sounds pretty likely as the cause
 
  


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