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Protecting private keys has become the new standard
Certificate Authority Security Council recently renewed the minimum requirements for code signing, which apply to all certification centers. Previously, no such requirements exist, but now it will improve Web security and simplify the verification of programs legality. New requirements for…
Posted in CA Tagged with: ca code signing, code signing new standard, code signing protecting, draft, protect private keys, requirements code signing
Facebook is working with companies to identify fake SSL-certificates
Facebook recently released a tool that is aimed at the detection of TLS / SSL fake certificates issued without the knowledge of the respective domain owners. The tool works with the data obtained from numerous publicly available transparency logs. Transparency…
Posted in Cancellation Tagged with: check ssl certificate in transparency logs, draft, facebook ssl check, facebook tool, transparency logs
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…
Posted in CA, What is an SSL-Certificate Tagged with: autossl, comodo cpanel, cpanel free ssl comodo, cpanel ssl, draft
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…
Posted in Browser Errors, Validation, Vulnerabilities Tagged with: browser warning, browser warning when certificate expired, draft, expired ssl, expired ssl certificate, ssl certificate
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…
Posted in Browser Errors, CA Tagged with: bug ssl symantec, chrome 53 ssl, chtome bug ssl, draft, ssl symantec, symantec, symantec ssl certificate
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…
Posted in CA, What is an SSL-Certificate Tagged with: automattic ssl, https support, let's encrypt, ssl, ssl hosting, ssl wordpress
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…
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
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