February 2020
2 year SSL Certificates will end soon
In January 2015, we announced the upcoming end of the 4 and 5-year certificates from April 2015 onwards.
In April 2017, we announced the upcoming end of the 3-year certificates from February 2018 onwards.
However, it now seems the CA/B have been forced by Apple and its Safari browser to end 2-year certificates.
Apple has announced this week, from 1st September all newly issued publicly trusted TLS certificates which are valid for longer than 398 days will be untrusted by the Safari browser, to "protect users".
A large proportion of people prefer multi-year certificates due to the discounted prices and less work involved with procurement, vetting and installation. We believe 2 years was a fair compromise between security and business needs. However, Apple felt differently and have now implemented the changes. All other browsers will have to follow and CAs will now have to adhere to this.
In April 2017, we announced the upcoming end of the 3-year certificates from February 2018 onwards.
However, it now seems the CA/B have been forced by Apple and its Safari browser to end 2-year certificates.
Apple has announced this week, from 1st September all newly issued publicly trusted TLS certificates which are valid for longer than 398 days will be untrusted by the Safari browser, to "protect users".
A large proportion of people prefer multi-year certificates due to the discounted prices and less work involved with procurement, vetting and installation. We believe 2 years was a fair compromise between security and business needs. However, Apple felt differently and have now implemented the changes. All other browsers will have to follow and CAs will now have to adhere to this.