Starting in January, any site that uses the new certificate from the Chinese CA WoSign will have a problem with Firefox users. The Mozilla, the company that is responsible for the creation of Firefox, announced that it will block all…
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Automating backup for the SSL-certificate: businesses need protection after an incident with Globalsign
Company’s existing online, decided to reduce their dependence on individual CAs using backup automation. A huge number of sites have become unavailable after the cross-certificate was revoked in error during routine maintenance of GlobalSign for the purpose of cleaning some…
Posted in CA, Vulnerabilities Tagged with: backup ssl, CA, draft, globalsign, revoked certificate, ssl, ssl certificate
Error with GlobalSign certificates led to massive problems with HTTPS-sites
GlobalSign’s success as a root certificate authority this week was staggered. Certification Center was unable to maintain the usual protocols. The result was that many sites, both large and small, are faced with SSL-certificates’ problems. Some users are faced with…
Posted in Browser Errors, CA, Cancellation Tagged with: draft, error, globalsign, revocation, ssl certificate
Apple denied a certificate trust of WoSign
Apple has exacerbated the deplorable situation of the WoSign, announcing that soon will withdraw confidence to its free intermediate SSL-certificates for MacOS. Apple’s decision was made public a few days after Mozilla has accused this Chinese CA in the issuing…
Posted in CA, Vulnerabilities, What is an SSL-Certificate Tagged with: apple wosign, certificate trust, draft, startcom, wosign
How and When Apply SSL-certificates?
The decision on the use of SSL certificates is based on the importance of ensuring the confidential transmission of data on the Internet. For example, when carrying out financial transactions through your web-site, application of SSL certificate is self-evident. If…
Posted in CA, Vulnerabilities Tagged with: apply ssl certificates, draft, falsification, spoofing, ssl, ssl certificate
EV certificate to protect against phishing
Internet fraud has become more coordinated and sophisticated, eroding consumer confidence, which is so necessary in the Internet business. Phishing – this is just one of many tactics that scammers use to get personal, confidential information of users. Due to…
Posted in CA, Validation, Vulnerabilities Tagged with: draft, ev certificate, ev ssl, ev ssl certificate, green bar, phishing, protect ssl, ssl phishing
Stand-alone certification authority in Windows Server
Each administrator will sooner or later faces the need to provide the secure exchange of information over the Internet, external and internal networks, as well as authentication of each party involved in the exchange of information. Public key infrastructure (PKI)…
Posted in CA Tagged with: CA, certification authority, draft, EFS, enterprise ca, isolated ca, PKI, ssl, standalone ca
One-way authentication – protection from phishing
Using the protocol SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) provides secure communication between Web-server and users. Despite the fact that the protocol allows authentication not only the server and the user, in practice, only one-way authentication is used most often. To establish…
Comodo is trying to get the brand Let’s Encrypt
The non-profit certification authority Let’s Encrypt, controlled by community and provides certificates for free to all comers, revealed information about the attempt of Comodo Group, which business is associated with the spread of SSL certificates, to arrogate the right on…
The benefits of creating your own Certificate Authority
Using your own digital certificates to internal corporate networks, such as intranets and the VPN, enable your business to save a lot of money. Digital certificates form the basis for the infrastructure work technology of public key (PKI). These technologies…
Posted in CA Tagged with: benefits own ca, certificate authority, create own ca, draft, free ssl certificates, own ca
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