♥John W Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 So DigiCert bought Symantec, and in September Chrome will disstrust Symantec root certificates. When Chrome hits version 70, any site using a Symantec, Geotrust, and I guess others will be distrusted. I received an email from Softlayer stating Symantec needed to be replaced and they would initialize this for all accounts. Having Geotrust as my cert, I didn't think I was affected. Well, Symantec called me yesterday to verify some things and let me know that I needed to replace free of charge. So, be aware that you may be in this group and look into it. Here's more info https://www.digicert.com/replace-your-symantec-ssl-tls-certificates/ I'm not really a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 The issue is with the chains in the cert. You can check your cert using this site to see if the cert needs replacing. Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥John W Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Somehow, I didn't realize that Geotrust was affected. It's just a little bit of a pain, because they do the verification again. I've been using the True Business for quite a while now since it's not very expensive through SoftLayer. I'm not really a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clustersolutions Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Why not Lets Encrypt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥John W Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Been using this for long before that existed. I'm not really a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clustersolutions Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Understood, but it's free...and certbot do a nightly check and keeps the SSL updated. At work we have hundreds of publishing sites we saved a lot of money by using it and not to mention we don't have to do manual update via godaddy anymore...that was a plus with us. I think most cPanel offers it now too. Now, I can't say if it wouldn't reduce your conversion because of it, but I have had B2B sites going from the GeoTrust Green Bar to Let's Encrypt...no problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥John W Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 It's food for thought. My cert is not due for a while as I do more than one year at a time. Not sure how much people even look at this now. Cpanel also does free SSL now. I have a couple other sites on the sever that have the Cpanel SSL and it's kind of the same thing where they keep it updated. I'm not really a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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