Technical limitation of ECC SSL certificates

ECC certificates have technical limitations. The latters are not recognized by several servers and browsers.

Servers compatible with ECC

• Apache HTTP Server 2.2.26+
• Apache Tomcat 1.1.30+
• Dovecot 2.2.5+
• IBM HTTP Server 8.0+ with PM80235 support
• NGINX 1.1.0+
• Windows Server 2008+

Browsers compatible with ECC

• Firefox 2+
• Apple Safari 4+ (with a compatible OS)
• Google Chrome 1.0+ (with a compatible OS)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7+ (with a compatible OS)

OS compatible with ECC

• Apple OS X 10.6+
• Google Android 4.0+
• Microsoft Windows Vista+
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5+

Other clients compatible with ECC

• Bouncy Castle 1.04+
• GnuTLS 2.99.2
• Java JDK 5+
• NSS 3.8+
• OpenSSL 0.9.8+
• OpenSSL FIPS Object Module 2.0 (OpenSSL 1.0.1)

Comparison chart

For a more easy reading, consult our chart gathering information on ECC certificates recognition rate.