Google Chrome to Block SHA-1 Certificates in 2016

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Google is pushing for the early removal of support for SHA-1 certificates, now deemed unsafe.

From next year, websites with new SHA-1 certificates will not be supported by Google Chrome in the interest of security. Last September, Google announced plansto slowly sunset support for the SHA-1 algorithm used within online certificates, used to validate websites.

Despite resistance from some certificate authorities (CAs), the tech giant has now joined the likes of Mozilla and Microsoft…

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