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Why Do You Need SSL

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Welcome back to our blog. Today we are going to find out why do we actually need SSL and what is the benefit of having it enabled. There are 2 protocol groups that provide secure communication over the Internet - SSL and TLS. For the sake of simplicity we are going to call them “SSL” as a group, but we actually mean both, so read it as “SSL/TLS”. Sometimes SSL is also called HTTPS, which is a different thing, but again for our discussion does not matter much.…more

Current State of SSL/TLS Support

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Welcome back to the SSLreminder blog. Today we’re looking at the current state of the SSL ecosystem with regards to TLS (SSL) protocol support by modern websites. In order to get the data we have turned to SSL Pulse, a monitoring tool by SSL Labs. It is a continuous and global dashboard for monitoring the quality of SSL/TLS support over time across 150,000 SSL- and TLS-enabled, most popular websites in the world.…more

Maximum SSL Certificate Validity

Monday, May 4, 2020

In short, maximum SSL certificate validity period is 2.2 years (in 2020). See below for more details. By voting for Ballot 193, the CA/Browser Forum group have reduced the maximum lifetime for SSL certificates to 825 days or about 2.2 years. Here’s an excerpt from the ballot: Subscriber Certificates issued after March 1, 2018 MUST have a Validity Period no greater than 825 days. One of the reasons behind this decision is that longer certificate validity periods can delay compliance with new guidelines.…more