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Either HTTPS or Get Booted out

In the coming July 2018, Chrome will come down heavily on websites that have not implemented Secure-socket Layer/Transport Security, which will be marked as insecure with a red triangle. So website owners need to put their act together. Looking to the security breach in the recent times, it was already foreseen that one-day websites will […]

Google Chrome Now Bans Chinese SSL Certificate Authorities

As a punishment announced last October, Google did not trust the Chinese SSL certificate authorities and its subsidiary WoSign StartCom with the release of Chrome 61 for failing to maintain “high expected CA standards”. The move came after Google was notified by the GitHub security team on August 17, 2016, the China Certification Authority WoSign had […]

What is an SSL certificate and how does it work?

What is an SSL certificate? SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is an international standard security technology that allows encrypted connection between a web browser and a web server. In fact, it is becoming the most popular type of e-commerce encryption. Most conventional intranet and extranet applications would typically require a combination of security mechanisms that include […]