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The end users should ideally not be prompted when they see a certificate renewed by the same CA. It should also ideally be a /renewal/ of the old one, and not an entirely new private key generated each time as well. Of course everything could be tuneable.

I believe these are sane defaults.

* Prompt on CA change? (Default Yes) * Prompt on private key change? (Default No IF the cached certificate is on the old CA's revocation list.) * Prompt on CA renewal? (Default No)




> It should also ideally be a /renewal/ of the old one, and not an entirely new private key generated each time as well

sure? A new key provides quite a bit of security benefits because even when the key got loose without you noticing, three months later, it won't be usable any more when the new cert is made for a new key.




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