Re: Certification Authorities

From: worried (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 11:34:23 -0700

Thanks for the info Wesley.

>worried<

>-----Original Message-----
>Keep them.
>
>[[As you may have noticed in the provided information,
some of the
>certificates have expired. However, these certificates
are necessary for
>backwards compatibility. Even if there is an expired
trusted root
>certificate, anything that was signed with that
certificate prior to the
>expiration date needs that trusted root certificate to be
validated. As long
>as expired certificates are not revoked, it can be used
to validate anything
>that was signed prior to its expiration.]]
>
>
>Trusted Root Certificates That Are Required By Windows
2000, Windows XP, and
>Windows Server 2003
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;293781
>
>--
>Hope this helps. Let us know.
>Wes
>
>In news:116ea01c44199$3b470b90$a501280a@phx.gbl,
>worried <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and
pecked:
>> In my list of Certification Authorities,I found
>> 1 that has expired in April,and another on will
>> soon expire also,is it safe to remove those ?
>> Or how does one go about this issue !
>> Thanks >worried<
>
>.
>

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