Policy

Do not allow expired certificates when validating signatures

This policy setting allows you to configure Office 2016 applications to accept expired digital certificates during verification of digital signatures. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Office 2016 applications display digital signatures created with expired certificates as invalid. If you disable this policy setting, Office 2016 applications treat expired certificates as valid.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Office 2016 / Security Settings / Digital Signatures
Policy ID5cc65060026e
Internal nameL_DoNotAllowExpiredCertificatesWhenValidatingSignatures

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\signatures\ignoreexpiredcert (enabled) = 0
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\signatures\ignoreexpiredcert (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to configure Office 2016 applications to accept expired digital certificates during verification of digital signatures. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Office 2016 applications display digital signatures created with expired certificates as invalid. If you disable this policy setting, Office 2016 applications treat expired certificates as valid.

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