Microsoft and Google announced SHA-1 deprecation plans within their browsers that may affect websites with SHA-1 certificates expiring as early as after December 31, 2015. In order to prevent online users from experiencing issues with secure websites, any SHA-1 SSL certificates expiring after December 31, 2015 should be replaced with SHA-256 (SHA-2) certificates. As technology evolves, it is critical to stay ahead of those who wish to defeat cryptographic technologies for their malicious benefit. The...

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