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Google Let Root Certificate For Gmail Expire

Posted by Soulskill on from the happens-to-the-best-of-us dept.

Gr8Apes writes: The certificate for Google's intermediate certificate authority expired Saturday. The certificate was used to issue Gmail's certificate for SMTP, and the expiration at 11:55am EDT caused many e-mail clients to stop receiving Gmail messages. While the problem affected most Gmail users using PC and mobile mail clients, Web access to Gmail was unaffected. I guess Google Calendar failed to notify someone.

2 of 104 comments (clear)

  1. I doubt it by koan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I just don't see Google slipping up by "forgetting" (how can you excuse that in this day and age?)
    I think something else happened.

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    "If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
  2. Re:Obligatory XKCD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Man I love 8.8.8.8