Certificate Service

EV TLS/SSL Certificates Issue

Andrew Simpson
25 August 2020 at 3:26pm
#ssl certificate
Certificate Service
ev certificates
An issue regarding the use of the OCSP Signing EKU in issuing CAs is affecting hundreds of CAs in the industry including QuoVadis (see more at https://www.digicert.com/blog/working-with-delegated-ocsp-responders-and-eku-chaining/). We will communicate with each institution separately and provide a list of the affected certificates shortly with instruction on replacements that will be required. We will add the necessary credits to the account to issue replacements
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OU Field Update

Andrew Simpson
11 August 2020 at 9:39am
SSL
Certificate Service
Organization Unit
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). 
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Jisc Certificate Service Price Increase

Andrew Simpson
30 August 2019 at 11:13am
Certificate Service
prices
As a user of the certificate service, I wanted to let you know that our supplier is increasing the tariff prices on this service in addition to increasing administration costs. This means that as of 1 October 2019, the cost of credits will change as per the table below. Any credits bought between now and 1st of October will be charged at the current price and remain valid for two years. Mixed SSL Credits:
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Jisc Certificate Service Workshop

Andrew Simpson
16 August 2019 at 1:48pm
Certificate Service
Jisc’s Certificate Service is due for re-procurement in 2021 and as part of this process we want to get your views. We are inviting those who use the service to take part in a workshop on Tuesday 24th September at Jisc’s offices in London. During the day we will be asking for your feedback on the existing service and provide you with the opportunity to discuss any additional functionality that would enhance the service. The workshop will start at 10:30 and finish at 15:00 – lunch will be provided.
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FAQ on change to maximum validity period for server certificates

Simon Cooper
27 June 2018 at 10:20am
jcs
Extended Validation
SSL certificates
Certificate Service
Change to Certificate Service – from 1st March 2018 Q1) What is the change in the maximum duration of certificates?     A) The maximum duration will be limited to 2 years, currently this is 3 years. Q2) What certificates are affected?     A) Only medium assurance Organisation Validated (OV) certificates. High assurance Extended Validation (EV) and Wildcard  certificates are already limited to 2 years. Q3) Who is driving this change?
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Request S/MIME Certificate

Simon Cooper
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 16:13
S/MIME
Certificate Service
jcs
SSL
Once you have the appropriate certificate credit on your organisation's Certificate Service account, you can proceed and request the required S/MIME email certificate, by clicking on the 'Request Certificate' tab in the JCS portal. The following steps apply: Request Certificate 1. Is the certificate for a primary or secondary school? Note: S/MIME certificates are not available for school owned domains.
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Request S/MIME

Simon Cooper
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 16:37
jcs
S/MIME
Certificate Service
email
Once you have the appropriate certificate credit on your organisation's Certificate Service account, you can proceed and request the required S/MIME email certificate, by clicking on the 'Request Certificate' tab in the JCS portal. The following steps apply: Request Certificate 1. Is the certificate for a primary or secondary school? Note: S/MIME certificates are not available for school owned domains.
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Information on S/MIME certificates

Simon Cooper
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 15:47
jcs
S/MIME
Certificate Service
This section contains further information about how to request and obtain S/MIME certificates, and further help on how to install and configure S/MIME to work on users' email clients. S/MIME certificates, also called "Personal certificates", enable users to digitally sign emails and optionally to encrypt email messages. Sending a digitally signed email means the recipient is able to verify that the email has been sent from the sender's account. Digitally signing emails can therefore help reduce the chances of users falling foul to phishing attacks.
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SHA-256 service announcement

Simon Cooper
30 March 2015 at 1:32pm
SHA-1
SSL
jcs
Certificate Service
Availability of SHA-256 certificates: 14 October 2014We’re pleased to announce an agreement has been reached between TERENA and Comodo which will enable customers to obtain SHA-256 certificates. This is available with immediate effect and all certificates obtained from the service will be by default SHA-256.
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