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Certificate - CSR Organization Unit Changes

6 August 2020 at 12:17pm

Our certificate authority, QuoVadis, will start to restrict what can and cannot be entered in the 'OU' field (Organization Unit) for certificate requests. The 'OU' field, if required, is designed for divisions and departments within the organisation it is not mandatory and can be left blank.

New Certificate Service supplier announcement

Simon Cooper

25 May 2016 at 11:12am

I'm pleased to announce that from the 12 May 2015 the Janet Certificate Service will be providing SSL certificates signed by QuoVadis CA.

SHA-1 and Google Chrome

Simon Cooper

20 November 2014 at 4:56pm

SHA-1 and Google Chrome: 20 November 2014 On 18 November Google released Chrome 39 which will now result in users visiting web services secured with SHA-1 certificates that expire in 2017 being shown a grey padlock with a yellow warning triangle, instead of the usual recognisable green padlock.

How to claim back your certificate credit if you have been affected by the OpenSSL heartbleed bug

Simon Cooper

17 April 2014 at 4:39pm

If you have been affected by the OpenSSL bug, dubbed ‘heartbleed’ and need to replace SSL certificates as a result of this vulnerability, we are happy to replace the certificate credit used to obtain the replacement certificate. Registered authorised users should first obtain the new SSL certificate in the usual way from their Janet Certificate Service account using the following link: https://community.ja.net/apps/janet-certificate-service.

Revoke a certificate

Simon Cooper

Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:59

Certificate types

Simon Cooper

24 January 2017 at 2:06pm

The following certificates can be obtained through the Jisc Certificate Service's web app, found in the App Centre here: The service provides Extended Validation (EV) server certificates S/MIME end user for digitally signing emails for high, both of which offer users the highest possible assurance. Business/Organisation Validated (OV) and Wildcard (of OV type) certificates are also available. ----- All certificates issued are SHA-256. -----

EV Certificates

Simon Cooper

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 11:23

EV Certificates Sectigo Certificate Manager Requesting an EV Certificate What is an EV Certificate? Extended Validation (EV) SSL/TSL Certificates provide the highest trust level within digital certificates. The EV Certificates has industry standards, which must be met.