On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:46:30AM -0800, 
travis+ml-rbcryptogra...@subspacefield.org wrote:
> libnss, at least on Linux, checks that the signing cert (chain) is valid
> at the time of signature - as opposed to present time.  (It may check
> present time as well - not sure on that).
> 
> This makes for problems if you renew the cert, since the new cert will
> have a creation date of the current time, after the object was signed.

By the way, is there anything "wrong" about reissing a cert with the
same serial and key but a new timestamp (date range)?
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