Renewal

A major announcement on the validity of SSL Certificates was made at the CA / Browser Forum (CA / B Forum) face-to - face meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia on February 19. CA / B Platform is the industry standards community containing the Certificate Authority ( CA) and most of the main browsers. The announcement announced that Apple's Safari browser would...

Pair your SSL & Private Keys Whether you are renewing your SSL certificate or installing a new one, before continuing with the installation process, you must verify CSR and Private Key. Luckily this is pretty easy for you. Using the OpenSSL commands below, you can check which CSR belongs to which certificate and similarly which private key matches which certificate. openssl...

SSL expiry can cause serious damage to your product, your brand and the bottom line Many people ask us, why is the expiry of SSL a big deal? Who cares if they have an invalid certificate on my website? Okay, one for Google. This line of thinking, however, misses the point. An SSL certificate provides some security for visitors to...

Renewal of SSL Certificates is a matter of when, and not if Everything in existence comes with an expiry date and SSL certificates are no different. For all else you use / consume – except Twinkies and Styrofoam – SSL certificates do have an expiry date. The only difference is being required to renew an SSL Certificate. Whether you are one...

There is no downside to early renewal-you can even bear the remaining time Let's address SSL renewals. I mean, since you are on SSLRenewals.com, this seems like an appropriate topic. We get lots of renewal questions. Stuff like why do SSL certificates expire? Why should I renew early? And what if my certificate's expiring? Those are all good questions. Let’s answer all...

What to do if an SSL Certificate has expired Don't panic, either, but don't sit around and wait. It is now popular for websites to use security certificates even though they don't handle confidential and sensitive details. SSL certificates are commonly used because they can increase the trustworthiness of a website in the viewers' eyes, especially as they give the websites...

The main concern for those concerned with e-commerce purchases is Internet Safety. One of the best choices is the Thawte SSL123 Certificate: as a Domain Validation (DV) certificate, it takes less time for issuance to easily allow stable connections to your web server. This SSL Certificate offers up to 256-bit encryption for intranets, email servers and other web-based programs...

As we discussed earlier, we need SSL certificates to grow business and win confidence from customers. Now comes the part of renewing the SSL certificate we are going to be talking about today. SSL certificates should be renewed before expiry because you won't be eligible to renew SSL Certificates after that. Therefore, you need to be mindful when your...

Go Deeper to Learn the True Differences Between Shared SSL and Private SSL I see many times when people are looking to buy or renew SSL Certificate, they get confused on choosing between Shared SSL and Private SSL as both provides SSL security but in different ways and limits. And here is the clarification for those who want to know the...

A very common Sha1 hazelnut feature is no longer safe to use SHA-1 or 'Stable Hash Algorithm 1' is a cryptographic hash function that certifying authorities have used to sign SSL certificates. The CA / B Group has announced that the SHA-1 algorithm is being retired in favor of the newer and safer SHA-2 hashing algorithms. What is the chance of...