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VeriSign SSL becomes Symantec

This April the VeriSign SSL range of products will be rebranding to Symantec.

Symantec Inc purchased the VeriSign Security Solutions back in 2010. As part of the puchase Symantec has to migrate away from the VeriSign brand name by 2014. Part of this…

Incorrect reports of VeriSign vulnerability

Today we saw some news stories about supposed vulnerabilities in VeriSign’s enterprise SSL Certificate requesting process. These stories are based on a press release and outside press briefings from Comodo claiming to have found a “major security…

Symantec buying VeriSign’s Web-security arm

Symantec buying VeriSign’s Web-security arm

By JORDAN ROBERTSON
(AP)
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1 hour ago

SAN FRANCISCO — Symantec Corp.’s decision to pay $1.28 billion to buy a division of VeriSign Inc. that sells security…

CA Root Upgrade for SSL Certificates

During the second half of 2010 VeriSign, Thawte, Geotrust and RapidSSL certificates will transition to use a 2048-bit root.

This will have no impact on existing certificates. These will continue to work as expected. However once the root…

VeriSign Tops 1 Billion Certificate Checks a Day

Daily Tally of Online Certificate Status Protocol Checks Demonstrates VeriSign’s Role in Enabling More Than 11,500 Secure Online Transactions Every Second