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Podcast Jan 24, 2022
Root Causes 201: What Are the Baseline Requirements?
The CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements (BR) are hugely influential in the world of public-trust certificates. We explain them and why they matter.
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Podcast Aug 30, 2021
Root Causes 181: Limitation of DCV Through Web Site Changes
Domain Control Validation (DCV) for SSL certificates using the "change to web site" method will be changing late this year. We explain these changes.
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Podcast Jun 08, 2021
Root Causes 166: The Trouble with OU Fields
Of all aspects of public SSL certificates, few are as controversial as the OU field. Our hosts explain why this field is an industry flashpoint.
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Podcast Nov 05, 2020
Root Causes 127: What a Chief Compliance Officer at a Public CA Does
Our hosts discuss what compliance means at a public Certificate Authority (CA) like Sectigo and what the Chief Compliance Officer does.
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Podcast Sep 04, 2020
Root Causes 117: Why Default Deny Matters to the CA/Browser Forum
CABF has been discussing "default deny," an approach to ambiguities in existing guidelines, with significant impact on how to interpret the rules.
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Podcast Jul 14, 2020
Root Causes 106: Massive Intermediate Certificate Distrust on the Way
14 public CAs have to revoke intermediates and destroy their keys, putting millions of active SSL, S/MIME, and other public certificates at risk.
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News Article Apr 24, 2020
Certificate authority oversight was complex and arduous prior to COVID-19, but social distancing requirements, quarantines and shelter-in-place orders have made the in-person meetings required to secure and verify digital certificates enormously difficult.
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Webinar Mar 26, 2020
Q1 2020 Sectigo Pulse Webinar
Join us to learn about the latest product and compliance updates along with other industry news that could have an impact on your business.
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Podcast Mar 13, 2020
Root Causes 73: Apple to Drop Support for Two-year SSL Certificates
Apple announced it will distrust TLS certificates issued with terms over thirteen months for its products. We discuss this change and its implications.
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Blog Post Jan 07, 2020
Some Sectigo Code Signing certificate subscribers have opined recently that our Code Signing authentication now includes additional steps and requirements it did not have in previous years. This observation is accurate. Sectigo of recent has increased its process and requirements for obtaining Code Signing certificates.
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Notification Dec 12, 2019
Sectigo recently announced that we will make a change to our issuance practices to remove “static” brand and hosting information from the OU fields of our Domain Validation (DV) certificates. These descriptors include the brand name of the certificate (e.g. “PositiveSSL”) and the name of the hosting provider (e.g. “Hosted by NAME”).
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Podcast Dec 09, 2019
Root Causes 56: 2019 Lookback - Evolving Cryptography
2019 saw important changes in the world's cryptographic standards. Join our hosts as they talk about what 2020 may hold in terms of evolving cryptography.