Aaron Gable <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Hi Michael,

    > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 15:59 Michael Richardson <[email protected]>
    > wrote:

    >>
    > I'm unclear from reading 8555 if this key is retained across orders
    >> (like a renewal 60 days later), or if a new key is generated each time.
    >> Is the newAccount key always the same key as the CSR key?
    >>

    > The account key is almost never the same as the CSR key -- they serve
    > different purposes and have different security properties, so the same key
    > should not be used for both. In fact, Let's Encrypt rejects CSRs which
    > contain a pubkey that is also in use as an account key.

Thank you for the clarification.
So then, is the account key retained across invocations?


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           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide




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