Namecheap offers free SSL replacement for Symantec

Wicked

"Google announced that Symantec SSLs will no longer display the green bar in the Chrome browser and sites will be flagged as "untrusted".

To ensure your site retains its “secure" status with Google, Namecheap will issue a free Comodo SSL Certificate. This SSL coverage is free for the remaining time of your original, non-Comodo certificate.

Everyone is eligible, even if you're not a Namecheap customer."

https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificate-free-replacement-offer.aspx

sanvit

Wow, so they are exchanging a $282 cert to a $4.5 cert? Cost doesn't matter but...

GenjiSwitchPls

Marketing promo from Namecheap not much else. They are doing it to throw Symantec under the bus even further. At this rate it looks like an Arriva bus, for those of you who don't know it's not the place you want to be

jenkki

Browser owners and SSL developers still playing in their own interests..

Virpus

Very interesting, good find...

rhonk

@jenkki said:
Browser owners and SSL developers still playing in their own interests..

Not really. The issue is Symantec doesn't seem to care about their responsibility in regards to operating an RA. Further, they don't feel like complying with established policies. Google and Mozilla have both requested information that should be easily accessible. Symantec is failing to "find" it. The whole issue is about a systemic failure and a lack of compliance from an RA. The tasks requested of Symantec are simple if they're operating under established guidelines.

Until Symantec can improve their record keeping practices and correctly validate third parties, no one should trust their operations as an RA. Keep in mind, Symantec also acquired GeoTrust and the same issues are happening there.

Link to the conversation between Google, Mozilla, and Symantec.

jenkki

Try this

https://swissns.ch/site/lps/ssl/index.html