CA Root Upgrade for SSL Certificates

During the second half of 2010 VeriSign, Thawte, Geotrust and RapidSSL certificates will transition to use a 2048-bit root.

This will have no impact on existing certificates. These will continue to work as expected. However once the root has been updated (we will provide details when this happens) you must ensure you install any intermediary certificates as instructed in your fulfilment emails.

An important change to note is that once the new roots are in place RapidSSL will be issued with an intermediary certificate. This has become common practice within the industry.

Prior to the change you may want to ensure that your applications support the use of 2048-bit certificates.

For more information and FAQ's please see the links below