StartSSL: Termination of Services is Now Scheduled, (Sun, Dec 3rd)

StartCom[1] has been a key player for years in the landscape of SSL certificate providers with its ‘StartSSL’ services. They provided free SSL certificates for everybody and permitted a lot of small organizations to increase the security of their web communications. The fact that StartCom is a China-based company was, for some organizations, a good reason to flag their activities as suspicious. They also suffered from security incidents[2]. In October 2016, Mozilla decided[3] to remove the StartCom certificates from Firefox. Google did the same with Chrome in March 2017[4].

Article Link: https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/23095