Even in 2014, Tumblr wrote that they will add the SSL, the standard protocol for establishing secure connections in Web. Two and a half years later, SSL has finally become the default protocol on Tumblr. But for all the new…
Monthly Archives: November 2016
All new Tumblr blogs are created by default with SSL
Posted in How to install SSL Certificate, What is an SSL-Certificate Tagged with: blog, draft, https, ssl, tumblr
How exactly will be called the next version of the TLS?
Will there be a version called TLS 1.3, TLS 4 or something else? Work on the next version already being conducted and is expected the final result will be ready in early 2017. It remains only to make small changes…
Posted in Vulnerabilities, What is an SSL-Certificate Tagged with: draft, ssl, TLS, tls 1.3, tls 1.4
Certificates Transparency: what you should know about it
Recently, we saw a lot of news about the certificates transparency. For example, the Google will make it mandatory in October 2017, and Mozilla has announced that they will support it. What is the general certificates transparency? Let’s start with…
Posted in Browser Errors, CA, Validation, Vulnerabilities Tagged with: CA, certificate transparence, logs, transparency log
SSL-certificate with SHA1 will be deprecated in 2017
Last days of SHA1 SSL-certificates is coming. Certificates of this type based on a cryptographic hash, which is calculated using the SHA-1 algorithm. Recent studies have shown that the SHA1 algorithm is not as strong as previously thought. Although no…
Posted in Browser Errors, CA, Vulnerabilities Tagged with: draft, mozilla, safari, sha1, sha1 deprecated, ssl certificate
Comodo launched a new platform for certificate management
Digital certificates are an essential part of online security. The number of “internet of things” devices continues to grow, so digital certificates will become more important. Certificate management will become more complex. Cybersecurity products from the company Comodo, the world’s…
Posted in CA, What is an SSL-Certificate Tagged with: ccm, comodo, comodo certificate manager, comodo ssl, draft, ssl certificate
What you need to know about the upcoming Google updates security
On the threshold stands a new security update at Google, but it does nothing new for us. Google is actively worked on the protection of the network and users in recent years. Even in 2015, Google moved their promise to…
Posted in Browser Errors, CA, Vulnerabilities, What is an SSL-Certificate Tagged with: 2017 ssl, google, google ssl, hoogle https, ssl, ssl certificate
Opinions about deprivation of trust to the two major CA – WoSign and StartCom
Effect of withdrawal of confidence in the two CA – WoSign and StartCom – are unusual. RiskIQ, security vendor, has estimated that about 760,000 sites using SSL / TLS certificates issued by StartCom or WoSign. “I am sure that the…
Google refused to trust certificates WoSign and StartCom
Following a similar decision taken by Mozilla and Apple, Google decided to abandon the new digital certificates issued by the two certification authorities – WoSign and StartCom. The reason is that these CAs are breaking the rules and industry best…
Posted in CA, Validation, Vulnerabilities Tagged with: chrome, chrome 56, draft, google, startcom, trust, trust ca, trust startcom, trust wosign, wosign
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