Browsers' compatibility with SHA256-signed SSL certificates

The purpose of this chart is to help you select the SSL certificate which matches your technical needs. Independently of price or brand!

This chart only considers RSA certificates signed in SHA256 (ECC certificates are not taken into account in this chart).

Certification authority recognized by the browser and setup a native level cipherment unless otherwise specified.

Certification Authority not recognized by the browser.

The behavior is specific or unknown.

40-bit native encryption. Concerns 10 years old browsers (recent browsers give priority to 128-bit or higher encryption).

2048-bit SSL compatibility with office browsers

	DigiCert G1	DigiCert G1	DigiCert G2	TBS X509	GlobalSign
Offer	global vswild secure	secureev globalev	FULL SHA256	All	All
	Thawte G1	Thawte G1	Thawte G2	Sectigo
	ssl wssl (1) Thawte Wildcard certificates are not recognized by Internet Explorer with Windows 95 & 98 (see FAQ)	sslev	FULL SHA256	All
	Geotrust G1	Geotrust G1	Geotrust G2	PositiveSSL
	truebiz	truebizev	FULL SHA256	All
root	see	see	see	see	see
all operating system
Firefox
34+		+EV	+EV	+EV	+EV
32 - 33.1.1		+EV		+EV	+EV
18 - 31.8.0		+EV		+EV	+EV
15 - 17		+EV		+EV	+EV
3.5 - 14		+EV		+EV	+EV
3.0.2 - 3.4		+EV		+EV	+EV
3 - 3.0.1		+EV		+EV
2.0 - 2.0.0.14
1.5 - 1.5.0.12
1 - 1.0.8
0.1 - 0.9
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Opera
12.12+					+EV
9.5 - 12.11					+EV
9.26 - 9.27
9 - 9.25
8 - 8.54
7.02 - 7.54
7.0 - 7.01
5.12 - 6.10
3 - 5.11
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J2RE
1.8.0_131+
1.6.0 - 1.8.0_25
1.5.0_08 - 1.5.0_13
1.5.0 - 1.5.0_07
1.4.2_06 - 1.4.2_19
1.4.2_06 - 1.4.2_16
1.4.2_03 - 1.4.2_05
1.4.1
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Seamonkey
2.31+		+EV	+EV		+EV
2.0 - 2.30					+EV
1.1.18
1.0 - 1.1.17
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NSS
3.16.3+
3.11.8 - 3.16.2.3
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Windows
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Edge (3) For any OS updated since 2010/09/27	(6) From Windows 8.1 natively or Windows XP SP3+ if up-to-date		(6) From Windows 8.1 natively or Windows XP SP3+ if up-to-date	+EV	+EV
7.0 - 11.0 (3) For any OS updated since 2010/09/27	(6) From Windows 8.1 natively or Windows XP SP3+ if up-to-date		(6) From Windows 8.1 natively or Windows XP SP3+ if up-to-date	+EV	+EV
6.0 - 7.0b2
5.5 - 5.6
5.01
4.01 - 5.0
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Google Chrome
(3) For any OS updated since 2010/09/27				+EV	+EV
360 BROWSER
SE 10.1.1550.0+ Extreme Browser 11.0.2031.0+
Mac
Microsoft Internet Explorer
5.1 - 5.2.1
5.0
4.0 - 4.5
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Google Chrome
(2) Only from the 10.5 version of Mac		+EV	+EV	+EV	+EV
SAFARI
7.0+	(4) Only from the 10.6 version of Mac	+EV (2) Only from the 10.5 version of Mac	+EV (5) Only from the 10.10 version of Mac	+EV (2) Only from the 10.5 version of Mac	+EV (2) Only from the 10.5 version of Mac
4.1.3 - 6.2.8 (2) Only from the 10.5 version of Mac				+EV	+EV
3.2 - 4.1.2 (2) Only from the 10.5 version of Mac					+EV
3.0 - 3.1.2 (2) Only from the 10.5 version of Mac
1.2 - 2.0.4
1.0 - 1.1
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Linux
CA-Certificates
20141019+
20080411+
20061027 - 20070303
20050518 - 20050804
20031007 - 20040809
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Google Chrome
40+		+EV		+EV	+EV
		+EV			+EV
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(1): Thawte Wildcard certificates are not recognized by Internet Explorer with Windows 95 & 98 (see FAQ) (2): Only from the 10.5 version of Mac (3): For any OS updated since 2010/09/27 (4): Only from the 10.6 version of Mac (5): Only from the 10.10 version of Mac (6): From Windows 8.1 natively or Windows XP SP3+ if up-to-date
SSL Compatibility with mobile tools
	DigiCert G1	DigiCert G1	DigiCert G2	TBS X509	GlobalSign
Offer	global vswild secure	secureev globalev	FULL SHA256	All	All
	Thawte G1	Thawte G1	Thawte G2	Sectigo
	ssl wssl	sslev	FULL SHA256	All
	Geotrust G1	Geotrust G1	Geotrust G2	PositiveSSL
	truebiz	truebizev	FULL SHA256	All
root	see	see	see	see	see
Apple
WatchOS 1.0.1
iOS 7.x - iOS 9+		+EV		+EV	+EV
iOS 5.x - iOS 6.x		+EV		+EV	+EV
iOS 4.x				+EV	+EV
iOS 3.x				+EV	+EV
iOS 1.x - iOS 2.x
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Windows Mobile
Windows Phone 8+
Windows Phone 7
WM 6.5
WM CE6
WM CE5
WM 2003
WM 2002
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Playstation
Netfront 3.5
Netfront 3.4
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BlackBerry
OS 5+
OS 4.5.1+
OS 4.3+
OS 4.2.1
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Android
5.0+
4.1.2 - 4.4W.2
2.3 - 4.1.1
1.6 - 2.2
1.1 - 1.5
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all operating system
Palm WebOS
Palm OS
Opera Mini 4.2+
Opera Mini 4.1+ & 3.0-3.1
Nokia Symbian 9.2+
Nokia Symbian 9.1 (tested E61)
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