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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.
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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.
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All certificates issued are SHA-256.
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For all FAQs please click on the header link 'Charging FAQs'
Jisc Certificate Service – charging update 24.04.2013 - 10 new points:
1. Why is the date for charging being moved?
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I'm pleased to announce that from the 12 May 2015 the Janet Certificate Service will be providing SSL certificates signed by QuoVadis CA.
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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.
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For all further information relating to the Certificate Service, please click here to visit the Library pages on this website
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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.
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