Yearly Archives: 2016

Comodo became partners of cPanel

Comodo and cPanel became partners, that allowing includes the ability to produce free AutoSSL TLS / SSL-certificates. This approach allows more efficient to deploy encryption on the network. CPanel  and Comodo noted that from December 8 free SSL-certificates will be

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Why cannot ignore security alerts associated with SSL-certificates

Be sure to keep in mind the simple truth: in any case it is impossible to ignore the security notices in your browser. Do not assume that clicking on the “Accept” will necessarily lead to the fact that the site

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Symantec SSL Certificates displays error due to a bug in Chrome

Bug on Chrome, revealed recently, led to errors when accessing HTTPS-sites from personal computers, as well as Android devices. Discovered bug causes problems with validation for some of Symantec SSL-certificates. The same problems also affected certificates issued by certification authorities

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Automattic preparing a major change in the field for the SSL WordPress for web hosting companies

The aim of Automattic – to do everything that the services you use will be safe. The company, which is the creator of the WordPress platform, today announced that it will actively invest in SSL technology. This implies that the

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All new Tumblr blogs are created by default with SSL

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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All about SSL

This site is dedicated to SSL-certificates. You will learn what is an SSL certificate, how to issue and reissue it. FAQ SSL will be useful for both novices and pros. SSL Knowledgebase contains sections on validation, trust logo, vulnerabilities, SSL-certificates differences by type (Wildcard, EV, DV, etc.), as well as many other things.