Final Warning to Replace
Symantec SSL certificates
This is the last few weeks for website owners using Symantec SSL certificates issued before December 1, 2017 to replace their certificate. Failing to do so will result in your website will get with saying “Certificate not trust”.
This is the last few weeks for website owners using Symantec SSL certificates issued before December 1, 2017 to replace their certificate. Failing to do so will result in your website will get with saying “Certificate not trust”.
As per Digicert announcement, near the end of July
2017, Google Chrome created a plan to first reduce and then remove trust (by
showing security warnings in the browser) for all Symantec-, Thawte-,
GeoTrust-, and RapidSSL-issued SSL/TLS certificates. The plan includes changes
that were rolled out starting with Chrome version 66 and continues with version
70.
You must replace your affected certificates to
provide an optimal user experience for all TLS/SSL applications, including
browsers.
For more information visit
https://www.digicert.com/replace-your-symantec-ssl-tls-certificates/
New Chain of Trust
DigiCert took over validation and issuance for all Symantec
Website Security SSL/TLS certificates on December 1, 2017. This includes
certificates for Symantec and its subsidiary CAs: Thawte, GeoTrust, and
RapidSSL. Going forward, all new and reissued Website
Security certificates are issued by DigiCert (using one of our trusted roots)
and are trusted by Google Chrome.
The new certificate chain DigiCert created does not interfere
with your current certificate trust among browsers. The chain also establishes
trust for your replacement certificate with Google Chrome (and other browsers)
going forward.
For more information visit
https://www.digicert.com/replace-your-symantec-ssl-tls-certificates/
Article by : Samptha Hennayake LK Domain Registry