A weak digital certificate is defined as one signed with an RSA key of less than 1024 bits. Since it is now generally accepted that keys of a lesser length can be brute-forced with modern computing power, Microsoft is upping the ante by forcing a move to a stronger key length.


https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-will-reject-weak-digital-certificates/
A weak digital certificate is defined as one signed with an RSA key of less than 1024 bits. Since it is now generally accepted that keys of a lesser length can be brute-forced with modern computing power, Microsoft is upping the ante by forcing a move to a stronger key length.
Mon, 08 Oct 2012 07:34:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-will-reject-weak-digital-certificates/

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