[GH-ISSUE #339] [FR] -days #221

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opened 2026-02-25 22:32:53 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-02-25 22:32:53 +03:00

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Originally created by @bryanpedini on GitHub (Feb 12, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/339

Sorry for the short presentation, got to do a lot of other stuff and make the stupid OpenVPN virtual machine working.

Due to a lot of controversy with days and whatnot these last times, why not add a -days parameter to everything (checking that the NotAfter of a certificate isn't due after the NotAfter of the CA) and allow the user to customize literally everything about the time constrains? (on a local (maybe offline) dev machine a user might even want to issue a wildcard cert maybe every 10y or so)

(also) Why there are no -orgunit or -country and such for "personalizing" the certificate? I know it matters the least, but my OCD claims for perfectly-organized digital management 😅

Originally created by @bryanpedini on GitHub (Feb 12, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/339 Sorry for the short presentation, got to do a lot of other stuff and make the stupid OpenVPN virtual machine working. Due to **a lot** of controversy with days and whatnot these last times, why not add a `-days` parameter to everything (checking that the `NotAfter` of a certificate isn't due **after** the `NotAfter` of the CA) and allow the user to customize literally **everything** about the time constrains? (on a local (maybe offline) dev machine a user might even want to issue a wildcard cert maybe every 10y or so) (also) Why there are no `-orgunit` or `-country` and such for "personalizing" the certificate? I know it matters the least, but my OCD claims for perfectly-organized digital management 😅