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FAQ for change to domain validation process

21 September 2018 at 10:46am

WE ENCOURAGE CUSTOMERS TO VALIDATE DOMAINS IN ADVANCE TO AVOID POSSIBLE LENGTHY DELAYS IN PROCESSING CERTIFICATE REQUESTS Q1) What is the change? From 1 August, new industry regulation states that Certificate Authorities (CAs) must no longer rely on checking a public WHOIS record to validate domain ownership. Instead, customers requesting a certificate must demonstrate a ‘positive interaction’ to show they have control over/ownership of the domain to be used in a certificate.

FAQ on change to maximum validity period for server certificates

Simon Cooper

27 June 2018 at 10:20am

Change to Certificate Service – from 1st March 2018 Q1) What is the change in the maximum duration of certificates? A) The maximum duration will be limited to 2 years, currently this is 3 years. Q2) What certificates are affected? A) Only medium assurance Organisation Validated (OV) certificates. High assurance Extended Validation (EV) and Wildcard certificates are already limited to 2 years. Q3) Who is driving this change?

2017 tariff

Simon Cooper

15 August 2017 at 9:46am

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The change to the number of credits required for certificates with 5 or more domains takes effect from 5 September 2017. The cost of Mixed certificate credit bundles will remain unchanged. The only changes are as follows:

S/MIME Certificates For Digitally Signing Emails

Simon Cooper

13 February 2018 at 2:34pm

We're pleased to announce that from today the service can provide end user certificates, which are used for digitally signing and encrypting emails. These are called S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) certificates. S/MIME are installed on email clients which then enable the end user to send digitally signed emails, giving recipients assurances that the email originated from the sender's account. By signing emails, recipients can also have confidence that the contents of the email has been been altered in transit.

Request S/MIME Certificate

Simon Cooper

Monday, January 23, 2017 - 16:13

Once you have the appropriate certificate credit on your organisation's Certificate Service account, you can proceed and request the required S/MIME email certificate, by clicking on the 'Request Certificate' tab in the JCS portal. The following steps apply: Request Certificate 1. Is the certificate for a primary or secondary school? Note: S/MIME certificates are not available for school owned domains.

Request S/MIME

Simon Cooper

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 16:37

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Information on S/MIME certificates

Simon Cooper

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 15:47

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S/MIME

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This section contains further information about how to request and obtain S/MIME certificates, and further help on how to install and configure S/MIME to work on users' email clients. S/MIME certificates, also called "Personal certificates", enable users to digitally sign emails and optionally to encrypt email messages. Sending a digitally signed email means the recipient is able to verify that the email has been sent from the sender's account. Digitally signing emails can therefore help reduce the chances of users falling foul to phishing attacks.

Change to Certificate Service's Terms and Conditions

Simon Cooper

24 January 2017 at 2:07pm

The service changed certificate provider to QuoVadis in 2015, and as part of that transition Jisc is obliged to ensure all organisations that use the Certificate Service comply with and agree to a QuoVadis ‘Sub-LRA Agreement’. We have therefore updated the Certificate Service Terms & Conditions to reflect this.

Sub-LRA Agreement

Simon Cooper

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 09:58

The Jisc's Certificate Service's Terms and Conditions (found here https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/janet-services-documentation/jcs-terms-and-conditions) includes a Sub-Local Registration Authority agreement. This is an agreement between the organisation as a member of the Certificate Service and Jisc, which is required as part of the service supported by QuoVadis CA, as the Certificate Authority signing issued certificates.