For most laypeople, the 'Secure Sockets Layer' (SSL) is just a Chinese IT term. The term actually refers to the network protocol for the secure transmission of data. Only those sites that have been certified in accordance with SSL are considered secure transmitters in global data traffic.

When an Internet giant like Google now distrusts an estimated tenth of all sites SSL distrust and no longer recognizes and no longer recognizes their certificates, then this is like a medium-sized earthquake in the IT world.

Officially, the Google browser 'Chrome' is withdrawing its trust from the affected Symantec sites because security is no longer guaranteed there. Unofficially, the issue is more likely to bethat Symantec is said to have distributed masses of SSL certificates without authorization. A battle of the giants - which in this country would also affect 'Spiegel Online', 'Golem' or 'Wechat', for example, and even 'amazon' would be in a tailspin from October 2018, i.e. from the next version of Chrome. After all, Google Chrome is the world's leading internet browser.

With the release of 'Chrome 66' in April 2018, the announced penalty will take effect worldwide. When accessing affected pages, Chrome users would then receive a warning that the content of the selected website is 'not trustworthy'.

Our IT service recommends that all website operators check the certified SSL security of their website with SSL-Labs to check the certified SSL security of their website. If you have any questions, just give us a call.

Bremen, February 22, 2018