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Comodo Inc. decided to the discontinued distribution of Web Inspector software after many years of the supplement. The product will be replaced by Comodo cWatch service wich much more functions and options to provide the best protection service.
London, UK and Riga, Latvia. February 11, 2019 – GoGetSSL™ – one of the world’s largest SSL resellers – and RapidLEI – an LEI issuer specialising in the automation of the LEI provision process – today announced a new partnership. This partnership will see GoGetSSL™ adding LEIs (Legal Entity Identifiers) to its internet security portfolio, capitalising on RapidLEI’s LEI automation technology.
This relationship firms up our commitment to widening the availability of LEIs. Making LEIs more accessible will further our vision of LEIs being a central organisation identifier in the interactions between the three identity domains – individuals, organisations and things.
On 1st November 2018, Comodo CA announced the rebranding to Sectigo. The current changes affecting only naming and no changes to products or prices. However, there is one positive change, Sectigo decided to allow Yellow Pages resources for phone verification, that is a good move to help people around the world to get OV/EV certificates easier. Please read a more detailed list of changes and answers to your possible questions.
Starting at 1st June 2018 GeoTrust would discontinue selling GeoTrust Web Site Anti-Malware Scan. Please start removing that product from your websites. The alternative is Symantec Safe Site.
Starting at 1st March 2018 there will be no more 3-year SSL certificates according to CA/B forum decision. The max period will be 27 months during renewal. The changes affect all global CA (vendors). The changes do not affect CodeSigning or S/MIME certificates
On October 31, 2017, DigiCert, Inc. acquired Symantec Corporation the business of providing and supporting Symantec’s Website Security and PKI products and services. All CAs like Thawte, Symantec, RapidSSL and GeoTrust will be using DigiCert infrastructure starting at 1st DEC 2017. That was done to prevent any conflicts with Google. Please read more detailed explanaition.