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EPISODE 106
Broadcast Date:
July 14, 202027 minutes
Podcast Jul 14, 2020Root 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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EPISODE 105
Broadcast Date:
July 8, 202021 minutes
Podcast Jul 08, 2020Root Causes 105: TOR, How and Why
Many people know that TOR is a browser used for anonymous online activity, but most of us don't know much more than that.
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EPISODE 101
Broadcast Date:
June 21, 202015 minutes
Podcast Jun 21, 2020Root Causes 101: Google RCS Chat with End-to-End Encryption
Google has just announced the coming availability of end-to-end encryption for its chat service.
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EPISODE 97
Broadcast Date:
June 4, 202012 minutes
Podcast Jun 04, 2020Root Causes 97: Firefox to Deprecate Support for FTP
Mozilla has announced its intention to remove support for FTP from the Firefox browser.
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EPISODE 79
Broadcast Date:
March 30, 202012 minutes
Podcast Mar 30, 2020Root Causes 79: Firefox Reinstates Support for Deprecated TLS Versions
To enable broad access to information about COVID-19, Firefox has reinstated support for web sites using TLS 1.0 and 1.1. Join us to learn about this move.
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60 minutes
Webinar Mar 26, 2020Q1 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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EPISODE 73
Broadcast Date:
March 13, 202021 minutes
Podcast Mar 13, 2020Root 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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Prevent Revenue Loss from the New One-Year SSL Term Limit
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Feb 21, 2020Apple recently announced its upcoming distrust for two year SSL certificates.
Sectigo understands the benefits of and supports shorter certificate lifetimes. We also know that the currently imposed two-year limitation has already impacted our SSL certificate resellers by causing user friction, reducing Average Sales Prices (ASPs), and negatively affecting overall revenue. This new industry standard will further impact revenue for our partners.
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Apple Drops a Bomb on Long-life HTTPS Certificates...
News Article from Sectigo
News Article Feb 20, 2020Later this year, websites using long-life SSL/TLS certs issued after the cut-off point will throw up privacy errors in Apple's browser.
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Apple to Limit Accepted TLS Certificate Duration to One Year
Notification from Sectigo
Notification Feb 20, 2020This week Apple announced at the 49th CA/Browser Forum Face-to-Face that it will limit the term of accepted TLS certificates to 398 days as of September 1, 2020. Certificates issued on or after that date with term beyond 398 days will be distrusted in Apple products.
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EPISODE 62
Broadcast Date:
January 22, 202018 minutes
Podcast Jan 22, 2020Root Causes 62: Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability Explained
A new Windows vulnerability allows creation of fake certificates on trusted roots. This episode explains possible exploits and what to do about them.
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EPISODE 59
Broadcast Date:
December 30, 201922 minutes
Podcast Dec 30, 2019Root Causes 59: What Is Certificate Transparency?
Certificate Transparency (CT) is important for SSL certificates. Learn what CT is and how it can teach us about SSL usage and help improve public trust.