Add to Favorites Instructions for authorizing a domain using a File on your website: This validation method requires you demonstrate control over the website content for the domain by making a file available at the file location—provided by your support representative. You must then add the random value verification token—provided by your support representative—to the […]
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Authentication/Orders Support: Domain Pre-Validation – DNS TXT Validation
Add to Favorites Instructions for authorizing a domain using DNS TXT as the DCV method This validation method requires you to create a unique TXT record for the domain. In this TXT record, you add the random value verification token for the domain—provided by your Support representative. When the Support representative does a search for […]
Authentication/Orders Support: Domain Pre-Validation – Email Validation
Add to Favorites Instructions for authorizing a domain using Email Validation: Before a Certificate Authority (CA) such as Digicert, Entrust, etc.. can issue a certificate, you must prove control over the domains and any SANs (Subject Alternative Names) on the order. We refer to this process as the Domain Control Validation (DCV) process, and it […]
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 […]
Symantec/Digicert- Google Reissue You May Have to Reissue Your SSL Certificate.
Add to Favorites You May Have to Reissue Your Certificate!! Since announcing the acquisition, DigiCert has actively engaged with the security community to explore paths that address browser concerns about Symantec/Geotrust/Thawte/Rapidssl-issued certificates while balancing the SSL/TLS implementations currently deployed. Symantec-issued certificates impacted by browser timelines will need to be replaced to bring them under the […]