Policy
Do not allow expired certificates when validating signatures
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
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.
Internal name
L_DoNotAllowExpiredCertificatesWhenValidatingSignatures
Policy ID
5cc65060026e
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\signatures Value name ignoreexpiredcert | REG_DWORD | HKCU 0 | HKCU 1 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\signatures
Value name
ignoreexpiredcert
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.