{"id":729,"date":"2018-01-26T09:40:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T17:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/?p=729"},"modified":"2023-09-27T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:31:50","slug":"changes-ssl-certificate-validity-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/changes-ssl-certificate-validity-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to SSL Certificate Validity&nbsp;Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Following a <a href=\"https:\/\/cabforum.org\/2017\/03\/17\/ballot-193-825-day-certificate-lifetimes\/\">recent decision by the CA Browser (CA\/B) Forum<\/a>, an important change to the validity period of SSL certificates will soon take effect and we thought you should know.<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Please note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This article is outdated. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/apples-new-ssl-lifetime-limitation-and-what-it-means-for-you\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the latest SSL Certificate Validity Period information here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the maximum DV\/OV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/the-difference-between-symmetric-and-asymmetric-encryption\/\">SSL certificate<\/a> validity period is 3 years (or 39 months). However, the CA\/B Forum, an independent body comprised of companies who run major Internet browsers and issue <a href=\"https:\/\/cabforum.org\/2017\/03\/17\/ballot-193-825-day-certificate-lifetimes\/\">SSL certificates and browsers<\/a>, has voted to reduce SSL validity periods.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, effective March 1, 2018, all new SSL certificates issued will be valid for a period no greater than 825 days (27 months, or just over 2 years).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AdobeStock_61041103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AdobeStock_61041103.jpg\" alt=\"2_year_ssl_lifetine\" width=\"1200\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AdobeStock_61041103.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AdobeStock_61041103-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AdobeStock_61041103-1024x698.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How Does This Change Affect Me?<\/h2>\n<p>Beginning March 1st, Certificate Authorities will stop issuing 3-year SSL certificates and they will no longer be available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a certificate issued prior to March 1, your validity period will not change. However, you will only be able to renew those certificates for two years once they expire.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchased any SSL certificates prior to March 1, but they have not yet been issued (or were issued for a period after March 1), you will need to ensure they are reissued prior to the deadline in order to receive 3-year validity. Namecheap, SSLS.COM, and other vendors should allow you to reissue your certificates to ensure you get the full validity period.<\/p>\n<h2>Does This Apply to All SSL Certificates?<\/h2>\n<p>This change limits the maximum validity period for DV and OV SSL Certificates only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/ssl-certificates\/comodo-ev-ssl\">EV SSL Certificates<\/a> are already limited by a maximum lifetime of 27 months, and 13 months for validity information.<\/p>\n<h2>For Additional Questions<\/h2>\n<p>If you have any questions about your new or existing SSL certificates, please feel free to reach out to our <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cheapssl.com\/index.php?\/cheapssl\">customer service team<\/a>, who are always happy to assist you. You can also read the official decision by the CA Browser (CA\/B) Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/cabforum.org\/2017\/03\/17\/ballot-193-825-day-certificate-lifetimes\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a recent decision by the CA Browser (CA\/B) Forum, an important change to the validity period of SSL certificates will soon take effect and we thought you should know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2701,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions\/2701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}