Cybersecurity
2026-11-11 · 1 h ago
Source: Help Net Security
Ubuntu certificate revocation checks arrive in curl, OpenSSL is next
Ubuntu certificate revocation checks arrive in curl, OpenSSL is next
Summary
Ubuntu 26.10 ships curl with certificate revocation checking built in. The check comes from upki, a project from the rustls developers. Ubuntu’s developers ran the same curl command on both releases: Ubuntu 26.04 accepted a revoked certificate and connected, while 26.10 refused it. A certificate authority revokes a certificate when it should stop being trusted before it expires. OpenSSL checks a…
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