How does the SSL/TLS protocol determine if a certificate is expired or not?

I already tried googling but no luck. All search results always tell you how to check cert expiration manually, but that is not my question. Yes I can use OpenSSL for example, but what I am asking is how the SSL/TLS protocol does it, not h… Continue reading How does the SSL/TLS protocol determine if a certificate is expired or not?

Can I change expiration date of a gpg key I’ve already sent to a key server?

ArchLinux wiki page on GnuPG reads

Once a key has been submitted to a keyserver, it cannot be deleted from the server.

Does that mean that also the expiration date with which I published the key via gpg –send-keys key-id cannot be chang… Continue reading Can I change expiration date of a gpg key I’ve already sent to a key server?

Why does Windows consider a certificate valid even after its expiration time?

I downloaded Google’s Cloud SDK installer today, and upon checking the certificate to validate it, I noticed something strange: the expiration date of the certificate appears to be December 22nd 2019 – over four months from today, April 30… Continue reading Why does Windows consider a certificate valid even after its expiration time?