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Google (Chrome) To Distrust Symantec Certificates Soon - April 18th, 2017

Dear <<First Name>>,

We at getSSL by iWebz wanted to give you a heads-up about an upcoming development that might affect your choice of certificate purchase.

Google had announced in March 2017 that it will start gradually distrusting Symantec’s certificates, after Symantec was caught improperly issuing 30,000 certificates over the past few years.

Symantec’s Extended Validation (EV) or green bar certificates will also no longer be recognized--effective immediately--for at least a year, until the company fixes its certificate issuance processes to the point where they can be trusted again.

According to a Netcraft survey from 2015, Symantec is responsible for about 1 in 3 of all SSL certificates used on the web, making it the largest commercial certificate issuer in the world. As a result of acquisitions over the years the company now controls the root certificates of several formerly standalone certificate authorities including VeriSign, GeoTrust, Thawte and RapidSSL.

Google plans to gradually reduce the “maximum age” of Symantec certificates over the course of several Chrome releases. The proposed schedule to distrust existing Symantec certificates is as follows:
  • Chrome 59 (Dev, Beta, Stable): 33 months validity (1023 days)
  • Chrome 60 (Dev, Beta, Stable): 27 months validity (837 days)
  • Chrome 61 (Dev, Beta, Stable): 21 months validity (651 days)
  • Chrome 62 (Dev, Beta, Stable): 15 months validity (465 days)
  • Chrome 63 (Dev, Beta): 9 months validity (279 days)
  • Chrome 63 (Stable): 15 months validity (465 days)
  • Chrome 64 (Dev, Beta, Stable): 9 months validity (279 days)
Reference link: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/eUAKwjihhBs/rpxMXjZHCQAJ

Since we also facilitate purchase of RapidSSL, Thawte and GeoTrust on our website we have currently put up a notification on our website with link to an article on the topic to make prospective buyers aware.

Best Regards,
Team iWebz

 
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