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: Are SSL Certificates NIST compliant? Short […]
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Cerberus FTP – SSL Installation
Add to Favorites Cerberus FTP is a unique server system that uses pem files similar to Apache. As far as Apache “Type” systems go, this one is impressively easy to work with. To install your SSL Certificate on a Cerberus FTP system perform the following. Step 1: Downloading your SSL Certificate & its Intermediate CA […]
Encryption Protocol TLS 1.3 Released.
Add to Favorites The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) —the organization that approves proposed Internet standards and protocols has approved TLS 1.3 as the next version of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. TLS allows client/server applications to communicate over the Internet in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery. […]
Pulse Secure – SSL Installation
Add to Favorites Like the majority of server systems you will install your SSL certificate on the same server where your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) was created. Your private key will always be left on the server system where the CSR was originally created. Your SSL certificate will not work without this private key file. […]
Microsoft Azure – CSR Generation & SSL Installation Guide Using The Digicert Certificate Utility
Add to Favorites Azure requires a pfx/p12 for its SSL Certificate installation. This file can only be generated from a Windows system or an application. You will never attain such a file from a Certificate Authority. Typically in order to get an SSL Certificate for your Azure cloud services Admins will use Windows Server IIS […]
Troubleshooting: Unsupported Protocol – ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH
Add to Favorites Not all browser related errors are associated with SSL Certificates. Many are due to server configurations that set up communication between the website/server to the clients browser. Different browsers will showcase errors differently. But ultimately the troubleshooting process regarding these errors are the same. What is a Protocol or a Cipher? Protocols […]
Microsoft Server 2016 – IIS 10 & 10.5 – SSL Installation
Add to Favorites Like the majority of server systems you will install your SSL certificate on the same server where your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) was created. This is because your private key will always be left on the server system where the CSR was originally created. With Microsoft like Microsoft Server 2016 – IIS […]
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 […]
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 […]
WAMP Server (Wampserver) – SSL Installation
Add to Favorites WAMP Server (Wampserver) is built off apache, a very custom environment and your system may differ. Below are generalized instructions. If you have a custom installation, you will need to adjust these instructions appropriately. Like the majority of server systems you will install your SSL certificate on the same server where your […]