SSL Review: May 2023

Bruce Morton

Bruce Morton June 13, 2023

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The Entrust monthly SSL review covers SSL/TLS discussions — recaps, news, trends and opinions from the industry.

Entrust

Gmail now offers a new checkmark for emails enabled with Verified Mark Certificates and BIMI

Bulletproof TLS Newsletter #101

End-to-End Encryption under Attack

TLS News & Notes

Chrome provides An Update on the Lock Icon
Scott Helme says Goodbye, old friend to the lock icon
Splunk asks Trust Unearned? Evaluating CA Trustworthiness Across 5 Billion Certificates
How the Chrome Root Program Keeps Users Safe

Code Signing News & Notes

CA/Browser Code Signing working group approves Ballot CSC-18: Update Revocation Requirements

S/MIME News & Notes

pkilint tool has been created to support lints for end-entity S/MIME certificates against the CA/Browser Forum S/MIME Baseline Requirements
Mozilla discussing policy for CA/Browser Forum S/MIME Baseline Requirements

Verified Mark News & Notes

Google and Expanding upon Gmail security with BIMI
Hashedout and How to Get a Verified Blue Checkmark in Gmail

Certificate Services

Bruce Morton

Bruce Morton / View All of Bruce's Posts Director for Certificate Services

Bruce Morton is a pioneering figure in the PKI and digital certificate industry. He currently serves as Director for Certificate Services at Entrust, where he has been employed since 1997. His day-to-day responsibilities include managing standards implementations, overseeing Entrust’s policy authority, and monitoring Entrust Certificate Services for industry compliance.