Certificate Service

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4 months 1 week ago

Group Manager

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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OU Field Update

Please see further update from QuoVadis on the OU field Issue:

Retiring the OU field for public TLS/SSL

QuoVadis will turn off the Organizational Unit (OU) field for all new public TLS/SSL certificates starting on August 31, 2020 at 00:59. This will affect new, reissued, and renewed certificates. Existing certificates with OUs are not affected (and do not require revocation or replacement).

11/08/20 9.08am

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Certificate - CSR Organization Unit Changes

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.

06/08/20 12.08pm