Add to Favorites What is Ask SSL Support Desk? It is a summary of random questions that have one to the attention of Acmetek’s most awesome technical support reps. Answered and shared for the SSL Support Desk’s SSL Library which is designed to teach and educate the community. Question: I need a Base64 encoded .cer […]
Category: 8. SSL Library
ASK SSL Support Desk – Why Can I not Create a PFX From a Citrix Netscaler?
Add to Favorites What is Ask SSL Support Desk? It is a summary of random questions that have one to the attention of Acmetek’s most awesome technical support reps. Answered and shared for the SSL Support Desk’s SSL Library which is designed to teach and educate the community. Question: I’m trying to create a pfx […]
CA|B Fourm Passes Ballot 218 – Removing validation methods 1 and 5
Add to Favorites As of August 1, 2018, all Certification Authorities (CA) can no longer validate domains by matching WHOIS domain registrant search results with certificate requester. Purpose of Ballot: Section 3.2.2.4 says that it “defines the permitted processes and procedures for validating the Applicant’s ownership or control of the domain.” Most of the validation methods actually […]
ASK SSL Support Desk – Can I get an SSL Certificate that have CA= True or KeyUsage= CertSign?
Add to Favorites What is Ask SSL Support Desk? It is a summary of random questions that have one to the attention of Acmetek’s most awesome technical support reps. Answered and shared for the SSL Support Desk’s SSL Library which is designed to teach and educate the community. Question: Can I get an SSL Certificate […]
GDPR Is Here! Are You Ready?
Add to Favorites What is GDPR? At its core, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new set of rules designed to give EU citizens more control over their personal data. The reforms are designed to reflect the world we’re living in now, and brings laws and obligations – including those around personal data, […]
Understanding DDoS Attacks & The Tools to See Them.
Add to Favorites Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are not a new concept, but they have proven to be an effective way of devastating targeted companies. As the name implies, DDoS is an attempt to deny a service to legitimate users by overwhelming the target with activity. The Gaming, Media, and IT services industry are typically […]
Google Makes Certificate Transparency Mandatory On Chrome.
Add to Favorites Last year Google once again flexed its muscles by announcing the requirement for Certificate Transparency for all new SSL/TLS certificates in October 2017. This has since been pushed back until April 2018. This requirement means that Chrome will no longer trust new SSL/TLS certificates that are not qualified for Certificate Transparency (CT). CT is […]
Digicert Certificate Utility – SSL Certificate (Guide)
Add to Favorites The Digicert Certificate Utility is probably one of the best certificate encryption tool out on the net. A lot of people become scared with key-pair encryption but key-pairs/certificates are actually fundamental easy to figure out. You have a secret private key that rests on a system or application, and that system/application gives […]
What Certificate Authorities Do & How Their SSL Certificate Security is Enforced.
Add to Favorites There has been a lot of misleading information flying around within the security industry and various tech blogs regarding Certificate Authorities (CA), Security, and the function of SSL Certificates. Lots of finger pointing with no foundation of knowledge on who does what. The confusion is how encryption keypairs work, controlled, and […]
What Do The Details of a Digital Certificate Mean?
Add to Favorites There is a lot of information that gets added to a digital certificate. The information within these fields under the details of a digital certificate state the parameters from its issuance. Some of these fields are just informational, but sometimes an application can be built around these specific fields. With the standards […]