SSL News
Corporate Problems with SSL
Benjamin Low on ZDNet Asia wrote about some of the problems corporations face when dealing with SSL encrypted traffic on their network. Though he raises some interesting questions, some of his arguments are flawed.
Protect your identity during the holiday shopping season
Eileen AJ Connelly from The Associated Press has written a good article about keeping your identity safe online and offline during this holiday season.
Extinction of Unchained SSL Certificates
Unchained SSL certificates are issued directly off a trusted root certificate.
SSL Certificates and PCI Compliance
The proper use of SSL certificates is only a small part of the PCI requirements but it is an important one.
AOTA Credits Increased Online Consumer Trust in 2008 to EV SSL Certificate Adoption
The AOTA has released a press release about the success of EV SSL certificates.
Safari now supports EV SSL certificates
Apple has quietly released Safari 3.2 which adds support for EV SSL certificates
Flagstar Bank Increases Signups by 10% Using EV SSL Certificates
VeriSign has issued a press release reporting that Flagstar Bank has seem impressive results from using an EV SSL Certificate on their website.
The Risks In Wildcard Certificates
Larry Seltzer has written a short article on the risks in using Wildcard certificates that focuses primarily on VeriSign's reasoning. It is important to understand the risks you are taking but in most situations they are minimal and allow you to save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. And every dollar counts these days.
Trade names in Extended Validation SSL Certificates
VeriSign's Tim Callan has posted short article on how trade names are included in an EV SSL Certificate.
How to Disable SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 in IIS 7
Windows Server 2008 using IIS 7 allows SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 by default. This must be changed for PCI compliance. Learn how to do it here.
