General SSL

General SSL

  • ICA Revocations and Remediation Steps

    Oct 11, 2022

    The Certificate Authority (CA) industry was alerted of compliance implications related to the inclusion of a specific extension (OCSP-signing extended key usage) in CA certificates which has, under certain conditions, unintended compliance and security implications. A number of GlobalSign Issuing CAs have been impacted by this issue. While no key compromise or security incident has taken place, we will be revoking these Issuing CA’s as part of our remediation plans in accordance with the CA/B Forum Baseline Requirements and the GlobalSign CPS. Revoked intermediate certificates can cause errors in the validation of certificates signed by these intermediate certificates.

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  • 397 Day Maximum TLS Certificate Validity

    Aug 10, 2020

    Due to changes in Apple and Google Root Store Policies, as of September 1, 2020, newly issued SSL/TLS Certificates with a validity period greater than 13 months (397 days) are prohibited by policy and will not be trusted. Therefore, as of August 31, 2020, GlobalSign will stop issuing 2-year publicly trusted SSL/TLS Certificates.

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  • How to add DNS CAA record in a hosted DNS

    Oct 11, 2022

    This article will provide the guidelines in adding a Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) record in a hosted DNS. If this is not the solution you are looking for, please search for your solution in the search bar above. Note: If you have any issues or questions whether CAA is supported with your setup, contact your DNS manager for further details.

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  • How to add DNS CAA record to a DNS zone file

    Jul 12, 2020

    This article will provide the guidelines in adding a Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) record to your DNS zone file. If this is not the solution you are looking for, please search for your solution in the search bar above. Note: If you have any issues or questions whether CAA is supported with your setup, contact your DNS manager for further details. dns record, domain validation,

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  • Securing Multiple Servers - SSL Certificates

    Jul 11, 2020

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  • Invalid Security Certificate Name Error - SSL Certificates

    Jul 12, 2020

    How to Fix "Invalid Security Certificate Name" Error for SSL Certificates

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  • Change Certificate Details After Issuance

    Jul 12, 2020

    Changing Certificate Details After the Certificate Has Been Issued

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  • Certificates with Future notBefore Date

    Mar 20, 2020

    In accordance with a directive from Chrome, GlobalSign does not issue Certificates that use a custom validity period with a notBefore date set in the future. The issue date of the Certificate will always be the notBefore date of the Certificate.

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  • TLS Protocol Compatibility

    Mar 6, 2024

    This article focuses specifically on TLS v1.0, v1.1, v1.2, & v1.3 and their compatibility with various software platforms and operating systems, both client and server side, if you would like to know more about what these protocols are & what purpose they serve, please feel free to read on our blog post here.

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  • How to create a CSR using MMC

    Oct 31, 2020

    This article provides step-by-step instructions for creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using Microsoft Management Console (MMC). If this is not the solution you are looking for, please search for your solution in the search bar above.

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