What is SSL Certificate Expiry? Think of an SSL certificate as a travel pass for encrypted website data. Every SSL certificate has a fixed validity when it is issued by a Certifying Authority (CA). At the end of the validity period is an expiry date. This expiry date is hard-coded into the certificate. It is […]
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SSL Certificate Revocation can end your Website trust
A revoked SSL certificate, just like an expired certificate, is the death certificate for a website. When a web browser shows an error that the website is using a revoked certificate, nobody will visit the website. About SSL Certificate Revocation SSL certificate revocation is the act of declaring that the SSL certificate that has been […]
Web Browsers To Limit SSL Certificate Validity
Google requested adoption of a resolution to reduce the maximum validity of SSL certificates to ONE year in a vote held by the CA/Browser (CA/B) forum late last year. The vote went against this resolution. On Feb 19th 2020, Apple announced that their Safari browser will limit certificate validity of all SSL certificates to 398 […]