News

Successful change of SHA256 certificatesJanuary 17. 2012.

NetLock Ltd., observing the deadline of December 31, 2011 has successfully replaced all of its earlier issued certificates at its concerned customers with certificates using the safer SHA-256 algorithms, for free. The new SHA-256 type cryptographic hash algorithms provide stronger authentication than the previous ones, making disassembling virtually impossible.

Replacement of SHA-256 certificatesDecember 21. 2011.

Certificate news: complying with the coming Algorithm legislation entering into force on January 1, 2012 by NMECA, the issuance of certificates with SHA-256 hashing algorithms has been completed. The revocation of „old” (SHA-1) certificates will expectedly take place on December 28, 2011.

We kindly ask our Customers who are affected by certification replacement to execute the replacement process by following the previously released guide for the sake of trouble-free replacement. It is important that the old certificates cannot be used starting from the day of the revocation, though the certificates can still be changed. We kindly ask our customers to only contact our support staff in case the certificate replacement is unsuccessful after following the instructions of the guide. Thank you for your co-operation.

New regulation affecting qualified certificates (SHA-1 > SHA-256)December 02. 2011.

Complying with the so-called Algorithm regulation of January 1, 2012 by National Media and Electronic Communications Authority (NMECA), at certificate owners possessing certificates created by SHA-1 hash algorithms, certificate replacement is required. The new certificates will use the newer and more secure SHA-256 hash algorithms. We will inform our customers of the process of certificate replacement by e-mail.

The current certificates can only be used until December 31, 2011.

The changes described above are required due to recent informatic and cryptographic developments. We kindly ask our customers for their patience and co-operation so that this technical change can be made quick and fluently.