A graph shows the increasing popularity of EV SSL certificates since 2007 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Extended Validation SSL certificates account for only 2.3 percent of all valid third party certificates, according to a report released Monday by Netcraft . Netcraft’s April 2011 survey found a total of 38,966 valid EV certificates. According to Netcraft, most sites use domain validated certificates because they are cheaper

Hosting Toolbox – CHICAGO – Trustwave, a leading global certificate authority and issuer of SSL certificates and online identities, has partnered with Tucows’ wholesale Internet division, OpenSRS, to deliver Trustwave SSL products and secure site seals to OpenSRS resellers and their customers. OpenSRS manages over ten million domain names and millions of mailboxes for a network of over 11,000 web hosts, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other resellers around the world

A small selection from a long list of unqualified domains to which SSL certificates have been issued (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a report issued this week, online watchdog group the Electronic Frontier Foundation said that  certificate authorities are issuing SSL certificates for unqualified domains in large numbers, a practice that the report’s author Chris Palmer says could impact the integrity of the whole SSL system, and puts Internet users at increased risk of attack. Certificate authorities, says Palmer, are only supposed to issue certificates for public names – that is, for fully-qualified domains that reference a specific machine.

A small selection from a long list of unqualified domains to which SSL certificates have been issued (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a report issued this week, online watchdog group the Electronic Frontier Foundation said that  certificate authorities are issuing SSL certificates for unqualified domains in large numbers, a practice that the report’s author Chris Palmer says could impact the integrity of the whole SSL system, and puts Internet users at increased risk of attack. Certificate authorities, says Palmer, are only supposed to issue certificates for public names – that is, for fully-qualified domains that reference a specific machine. Palmer’s research into data in the EFF’s “SSL Observatory” uncovered large numbers of certificates signed by CAs for domains typically used as internal-network shorthand, such as “mail,” “wiki,” or “intranet.” “In the Observatory we have discovered many examples of CA-signed certificates unqualified domain names,” he writes.

A screen shot of the OpenSRS page featuring Trustwave SSL certificates (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- IT security provider Trustwave ( www.trustwave.com ) announced on Wednesday it has partnered with Tucows’ ( www.tucows.com ) wholesale Internet division, OpenSRS ( www.opensrs.com ), to offer Trustwave SSL products and secure site seals to OpenSRS resellers and their customers. OpenSRS first began offering Trustwave SSL certificates , along with Comodo certificates, just three weeks ago. The wholesale provider manages over ten million domain names and millions of mailboxes for a network of over 11,000 web hosts, Internet service providers and other resellers around the world

A chart from Webhosting UK’s website shows its SSL options (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – GlobalSign ( www.globalsign.co.uk ) announced on Thursday that web hosting provider Webhosting UK ( www.webhosting.uk.com ) has joined its partner program to offer its customers GlobalSign’s range of SSL certificates including malware monitoring services.

Hosting Reviews – MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates are found on more than 70 percent of the Internet’s top 1,000 SSL-using websites while its closest competitor sits with just 4 percent.