Category: SSL/TLS

Automatically Generate Unique IoT Device Certificates Using Prevalidated Domains

Introduction: SSL.com provides a domain prevalidation capability that speeds up the process to issue certificates. The process is extended to all subdomains to the left

What is a Certificate Authority (CA)?

Certificate authorities (CAs) are critical in securing online communications and identities. But what exactly does a CA do? And how do they establish trust online?

What Is Certificate Pinning?

What is Certificate Pinning? Certificate pinning is a security mechanism used in the context of authenticating client-server connections, particularly in the context of secure communication

SSL/TLS Handshake: Ensuring Secure Online Interactions

Whenever we visit a website, make an online purchase, or check our email, data is transmitted back and forth between our devices and remote servers.

The Essential Guide to SAN Certificates

SSL/TLS certificates securely enable HTTPS and other encrypted connections for websites and services. Typically, you need a separate certificate for each hostname or domain you

Preparing Your Organization for the Quantum Revolution: A Guide to Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography

Quantum computers will be potent and pose a massive threat to encrypting data as we know it. Here at SSL.com, we are on top of

SSL/TLS Best Practices for 2023

An overview of current best practices to keep in mind when setting up SSL/TLS for your website, focusing on both security and performance.

A Guide to PKI Protection Using Hardware Security Modules (HSM)

PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) relies on public and private keys to encrypt data. Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) safeguard these keys in tamper-proof boxes. HSMs store

SSL.com Legacy Cross-Signed Root Certificate Expiring on September 11, 2023

What is a cross-signed root certificate? A cross-signed root certificate is a digital certificate issued by one Certificate Authority (CA) that is used to establish

Private And Public Keys

SSL.com provides an explanation of Private and Public Keys.

Install SSL.com CA Root Certificates

CA Root Certificates, CA-bundle, Intermediate Files

SSL/TLS Health Check Monitoring (HCM) Guide and Pricing

The SSL.com SSL/TLS Health Check Monitoring (HCM) service provides a real-time snapshot of your website’s SSL/TLS certificate installation health. It performs a deep scan of

DV, OV, IV, and EV Certificates

Certificates from SSL.com include DV (Domain Validated), OV (Organization Validated), IV (Individual Validated), and EV (Extended Validated) Certificates.

Domain Name SSL/TLS Pre-Validation

How to pre-validate a domain name in your SSL.com customer portal. Methods covered are email challenge, HTTP file lookup, and CNAME CSR hash.

Organizational Unit (OU) Field to be Deprecated by SSL.com

Important Announcement: The Organizational Unit (OU) Field within an SSL/TLS (website) Certificate, https://www.ssl.com/certificates/ will be deprecated effective September 1, 2022, at the request of the CA/Browser Forum.

May 2022 Cybersecurity Roundup

A lot of newsworthy cybersecurity events have occurred from the start up until the end of May. But before we discuss those, we will open

SSL.com Adaptable Driver for Venafi

Managing a high volume of machine identities throughout an organization can be a challenge. As Jeff Hudson, CEO of Venafi, explains: “Often, organizations don’t understand

Install Chained SSL Certificates on SonicWALL SSL Offloader

How to install an SSL Certificate on SonicWALL SSL Offloader.

How to install a TLS/SSL Certificate to the Oracle Wallet Manager

Introduction Oracle Wallet Manager is an application used to manage and edit security credentials in Oracle wallets. A wallet is a password-protected container that stores

Manually Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Using OpenSSL

How to manually generate a Certificate Signing Request (or CSR) in an Apache or Nginx web hosting environment using OpenSSL.

How to Add OV Recipient Info to Certificates

Document signing certificates can be validated and issued either with an “IV” (individual validation) or “OV” (organization validation). During the certificate creation process, the the

Acceptable Business Listings for Validation

Validation and Callback Issuing a digital certificate is a carefully-structured process which includes you, the customer, providing pertinent information confirming your identity and choosing the

Delegated Credentials for TLS

Terminating a TLS connection requires using a certificate’s private key. As a result, the private key needs to be stored at every single server utilized

Exchange Server SSL Certificate Guide

SSL.com has put together information you will find useful if you’ve been tasked with implementing SSL/TLS security with your company’s Exchange servers.

Business Email Compromise and S/MIME Certificates

There are a variety of scams in which attackers hack into a company’s emailing systems or create deceiving email templates in order to convince employees

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