Chrome
How to Test HTTPS Using Chrome Canary
As you know, Google Chrome version 70 will distrust the final batch of Symantec Trusted Roots for GeoTrust and Symantec Certificates you have purchased from us. The public release of Chrome 70 is scheduled for October 16, 2018 and many of our customers have asked how they can test their ...
Google Chrome 68 is here. Is your site using HTTPS?
Google Chrome 68 is here and as promised, the Chrome Browser is now marking HTTP as “Not secure” . We first blogged about this in March of 2018 and the time is now to make sure that all web sites are published using always-on HTTPS. This development matters greatly to ...
Apple to Deprecate Trust for Symantec Roots
Apple has announced that it is deprecating trust for Symantec roots starting in summer of 2018 . Apart from its timing, this program is very similar to that taken by the Chrome and Firefox browsers. In the summer (exact date not specified) Apple will distrust TLS/SSL certificates on all public ...
Is GeoTrust Safe to Use on My Site?
Since Chrome announced in 2017 that is was deprecating trust for Symantec's certificate brands, including GeoTrust , Thawte , and RapidSSL , we have continued to receive inquiries about whether or not GeoTrust is a trusted, credible certificate for use on production websites. Fortunately, these brands' new parent company DigiCert ...
EV SSL Trust Indicators in Popular Browsers
When we talk about Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, we often discuss the "green bar" that appears in popular browsers. But how many of us can really envision the green bar and the difference in user experience between it and an OV or DV SSL certificate? Fortunately your GeoCerts team ...
Google Chrome to Mark All Non-SSL Sites as “Not Secure” in June 2018
Google recently announced that the Chrome 68 release, scheduled for June 2018, will mark all sites not protected by SSL as “Not secure.” According to Google any HTTP page will be treated as shown. This development matters greatly to just about every commercial web site in production for several reasons: ...
Certificate Transparency Will Be Required by Chrome Starting in April
What is Certificate Transparency? Certificate Transparency (CT) is an open standard that allows the public to monitor the certificates issued by participating CAs. How it works in a nutshell is to be CT-compliant a CA must add new certificates to a publicly available log that anyone can access to see ...
Why Would I Ever Consider Putting SSL on Non-Transactional Pages?
One question we often hear from our customers is why they might consider placing non-transactional pages under SSL. It turns out there are very good reasons for doing so. Advanced attacks can skirt the login Starting all the way back in the 2000's criminals began to realize they could harvest ...