Certificate Service

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Andrew Simpson

Welcome to the Jisc Certificate Service group.

For an update on the NEW Jisc certificate service please follow the below link.

The New Jisc Certiface Service

The service offers a number of different X509 SSL certificates, including Extended Validation certificates that give users the highest possible assurance, as well as S/MIME email certificates for digitally signing emails. Jisc has an agreement with the Certificate Authority, QuoVadis who is the provider of the certificates.

The service has been running since 2006 and has issued many thousands of certificates to organisations in UK research and education.

This is a Community group where users can obtain relevant information, receive service updates and provide feedback.

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FAQ for change to domain validation process

WE ENCOURAGE CUSTOMERS TO VALIDATE DOMAINS IN ADVANCE TO AVOID POSSIBLE LENGTHY DELAYS IN PROCESSING CERTIFICATE REQUESTS

Q1) What is the change?

From 1 August, new industry regulation states that Certificate Authorities (CAs) must no longer rely on checking a public WHOIS record to validate domain ownership. Instead, customers requesting a certificate must demonstrate a ‘positive interaction’ to show they have control over/ownership of the domain to be used in a certificate.

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