Certificates and certification authorities news
Here are gathered the authorities' certificates changes and their impacts.-
2026
- 20260410 - Chain change for TBS X509 server certificates
- 20251216 - Evolution of GlobalSign Timestamping Servers for Code Signing
- 20251215 – Change in Code Signing Certificate Validity Period
- 20250901 - MPIC in DCV and CAA controls
- 20250820 - Changing key sizes for RGS certificates
- 20250516 - Deprecation of the EKU (Extended Key Usage) client authentication of SSL certificates
- 20250522 - SSL Certificate Lifetime Limitation
- 20250117 - DCV email - WHOIS query definitively abandoned
- 20250110 - Decrease in the lifespan of GlobalSign Code Signing certificates
- 20240920 - DCV email - Towards the end of the use of WHOIS addresses
- 20240730 - Necessary reissuance of DigiCert SSL certificates
- 20240703 - End of collaboration with Certigna / Dhimyotis
- 20240527 - GlobalSign updates its trust seal
- 20240322 - Necessary reissuance of Certigna SSL certificates
- 20230929 - Old roots deprecation by Microsoft
- 20230829 - Sectigo stops selling its email certificates
- 20230823 - Evolution of Certigna products
- 20230808 - New rules for BasicConstraints extension value
- 20230602 - Creation of the Baseline Requirements for S/MIME certificates
- 20230330 - End of KeyBot for Certigna Certificates
- 20230117 - End of use of DigiCert G1 intermediate and root certificates
- 20221006 - Mozilla modifies its roots management policy
- 20220808 - End of Code Signing certificates in software format
- 20220705 - Disappearance of TBS X509 client certificates
- 20220518 - Scheduled disappearance of Sign&Login
- 20220303 - Limitation of S/MIME certificates lifetime to 3 years
- 20210913 - Disappearance of the L field at Sectigo
- 20210831 - Apple is about to remove some Symantec roots from its root store
- 20210819 - Depreciation and disappearance of OU fields
- 20210624 - Changes regarding domain name validation
- 20210514 - Key size increase for code signing certificates
- 20210331 - TBS won't perform audits anymore
- 20210324 - Rejuvenation for Thawte and Geotrust trust seals
- 20210223 - Sectigo fixes a flaw in its E-mail DCV validations
- 20210215 - Sectigo delete some fields from its certificates
- 20210205 - A new option for the validation of the DCV challenge
- 20201209 - Modification of the audit process for Sectigo and TBS X509 SSL certificates
- 20201026 - Continuance of the Norton seal
- 20201016 - Conformity of DigiCert certificates fields
- 20200928 - Hierarchy error in DigiCert certificates issuance
- 20200924 - IT maintenance scheduled on 2020-10-17
- 20200901 - Disappearance of OU fields in DigiCert certificates
- 20200831 - Thawte stops selling code signing certificates
- 20200828 - Disappearance of Norton secured seal
- 20200811 - 1-year valid certificates and renewals
- 20200429 - Symantec products become DigiCert
- 20200317 - COVID-19: The current situation
- 20200302 - Limitation of SSL certificates lifetime on Safari
- 20200225 - Chrome calendar for 2020
- 20200210 - Sectigo / Comodo CA: expiration of Addtrust root
- 20191121 - 3, 4 and 5 years SSL plans
- 20191025 - Firefox remove Keygen support
- 20190315 - DigiCert system maintenance
- 20181031 - Comodo CA becomes Sectigo
- 20180831 - New DigiCert hierarchy
- 20180529 - News regarding Symantec products options
- 20180427 - Chrome 68 and HTTPs
- 20180424 - Update of the Digicert OCSP and CRL infrastructure
- 20170829 - Imminent change for Symantec Group's certification chains
- 20170808 - Major changes at Symantec
- 20170705 - Modification of DCV HTTP/HTTPS and DCV DNS challenges
- 20170626 - Evolution of Email Novice certificate
- 20170512 - Comodo PKI outage (resolved)
- 20170413 - Ballot 187 from CA/B Forum makes CAA checking mandatory for Certification Authorities
- 20170406 - Ballot 193 from CA/B forum
- 20170324 - What about the recognition of certificates issued by Symantec group on Chrome web browser by Google?
- 20170214 - SANs management on Comodo EV Multiple Sites certificate
- 20170206 - New security alerts on Chrome 56
- 20170201 - Key storage recommended for Code Signing certificates
- 20161128 - HTTPS will soon be mandatory for iOS app
- 20161107 - Chrome increases its security requirements
- 20161104 - Symantec : SHA1 timestamping decommissioning
- 20160826 - Sweet32 attack
- 20160106 - "À la carte" support with tbs internet
- 20151220 - TBS INTERNET adds free certificates to its catalog
- 20151218 - Microsoft might remove Certigna root from its tools?
- 20151113 - Select your certification chain
- 20151028 - SHA1 disappearance is coming fast
- 20150903 - Comodo MultiWild 2+: New product in our catalog
- 20150303 - Freak attack
- 20150130 - Firefox 36 and roots
- 20141209 - The Approval Mode is available on your Certificates' Center
- 20141126 - SSLv3 Deactivation on Paypal
- 20141112 - Microsoft's schannel vulnerability
- 20141107 - Certificate Transparency
- 20141016 - Poodle : a vulnerability affecting SSLv3 protocol
- 20140918 - SHA1 disappearance: what is the situation?
- 201407 - SHA256 hash available on all the products issued by GlobalSign
- 20140609 - Introduction of wildcard SANs for Comodo UC certificates
- 20140406 - TBS INTERNET adds Certigna ID RGS certificates to its range of products
- 20140408 - Heartbleed security weakness announcement - OpenSSL 1.0.1
- 201403 - VeriSign / Symantec transition: final phase
- 20140127 - Expiration of GlobalSign Root CA intermediate
- 20131231: Mozilla about to disable 1024-bit roots
- 20131115 - ECC certificates swell the ranks of our range of products
- 20130930 - GlobalSign introduces its new trust seal
- 20130901 - SHA256 now available at Symantec
- 20130411 - Symantec CRL infrastructure update
- 20130326 - December 2013 will see the disappearance of 1024-bit keys
- 20130115 - Certigna integrates TBS Internet catalog
- 20121119 - Modification of TBS X509 intermediate certificates
- 20121108 : TBS Internet suspends GlobalSign's products issuance
- Additional delays for the deliverance of Symantec, Thawte and Geotrust certificates in July and August 2012
- 20120806: Comodo will stop using its Entrust root on mid-September 2012
- 20121001 - TBS INTERNET gets SSE+ accreditation
- 20120701 - New audit procedures for Symantec, Thawte and Geotrust
- 20120614 - Symantec - Thawte - Geotrust : End of 5 years valid products
- 20120614 - OVH does not deliver SSL anymore
- 20120423 - Baseline Requirements creation - V1
- 20120417 - VeriSign products are now Symantec ones
- 20120312 - SSL certificates: Private CN, SAN, IP and server name
- 20120202 : VeriSign reveals an intrusion in its corporate network in 2010
- 20111216 : VeriSign / Symantec adds the Vulnerability Assessment function to its EV and Secure site Pro certificates
- 20110906 : GlobalSign temporarily ceases issuance of certificate in order to process a security investigation
- 20110829: DigiNotar issues a fraudulent wildcard certificate under Google name
- 20110315: Comodo issues 9 fraudulent certificates after a hacking
- 20101220: Comodo now requires 2048-bit keys minimum
- 20101129: GlobalSign now requires 2048-bit keys minimum
- 20101112: VeriSign announces issues about SGC certificates issuance
- 20101014: VeriSign fixes a UTF8 error
- 20101010: VeriSign replaces its 1024-bit roots
- 20100923: VeriSign add the Trust Seal functions to its SSL certificates
- 20100527: Comodo changes its certification chain for EV and some OV certificates
- 20100423: end of 1024-bit certificates issuance on January 1st, 2011
- 201004: Thawte resignes its Thawte SGC CA intermediate
- 201004: Thawte confirms the end of non-chained certificates and will be requiring 2048-bit hierarchy from the 27th of June
- 201001: VeriSign announces the replacement of its 1024 bits roots
- 201001: VeriSign announces the end of non-chained products
- 20091202: Comodo changes its Entrust intermediate (upmarket products)
- 20090930: Thawte announces the closing down of Personal certificates and Web of Trust services
- 200909: ChamberSign extends the intermediate used by Fiducio
- 20090807: weakness of the CN null character... or not!
- 20090528: GeoTrust changes its root for its 1-factor products
- 20090517: VeriSign ends issuance on PCA3
- 20090101: Thawte ends the issuance of its Netscape Code Signing certificates
- 20081230: CA impacted by MD5 weakness
- 200812: the Certstar case
- 20081215: 2048-bit length minimum for EV certificates keys
- 20100101: expiration of Microsoft Root SGC Authority
- 200706: Comodo ends the commercialization of its GTE CyberTrust-based certificates
- 200704: VeriSign changes its Secure (40-bit) product
- 200609: Verisign does not certifies 512 bits public keys anymore
- 200609: Thawte does not certifies 512 bits keys anymore
- 20060122: TBS X509 changes all its issuance roots
- 20050406: Thawte changes its Standard and Wildcard products
- 200309: introduction of Thawte Code Signing
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