Chrome To Block Sites With New SHA-1 Certificates Next Year

[Lucian Armasu]

Google announced that it will block all sites that use SHA-1 certificates issued after January 1, 2016. All SHA-1 certificates will be blocked after January 1, 2017, unless new research prompts the company to do it earlier.

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[BulkZerker]

Bad move Google. Blocking porn like that. /s

 

[vern72]

So what about SHA-256 and SHA-512? (Not exactly sure how that fits into things).

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Chrome allows you to click on advanced and whitelist a site anyway, so it never fully blocks you anyway, just servers a warning.

 

[blazorthon]

Chrome allows you to click on advanced and whitelist a site anyway, so it never fully blocks you anyway, just servers a warning.

Of course, if you want to visit a site, then your computer shouldn't stop you completely. It's your choice to make. Warning you is all they should do.

 

[randomizer]

So what about SHA-256 and SHA-512? (Not exactly sure how that fits into things).

These are both SHA-2 hash functions. SHA-1 and SHA-2 are families or generations rather than actual functions.

 

[hotroderx]

This is great so don't get me wrong but I always come to the same conclusion. Who is google to decide what sights are blocked? I mean shouldn't Goggle, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, and a 3rd party Independent company. Be the ones deciding as a unified body what happens? What happens if Google Suddenly decides they don't like XYZ. At this point in the game Google is such a large player. That they pretty much can shape and control the internet as they deem fit. It also kind of bites me the broken mess that is Android. I know a lot of people blame the cell phone carriers for not pushing updates. How many people realistically blame Dell, HP, Gateway, what have you when there computer breaks from not having a Windows update installed? Why isn't google more focused on fixing that then trying to solve other peoples issues?.

 

[blazorthon]

This is great so don't get me wrong but I always come to the same conclusion. Who is google to decide what sights are blocked? I mean shouldn't Goggle, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, and a 3rd party Independent company. Be the ones deciding as a unified body what happens? What happens if Google Suddenly decides they don't like XYZ. At this point in the game Google is such a large player. That they pretty much can shape and control the internet as they deem fit. It also kind of bites me the broken mess that is Android. I know a lot of people blame the cell phone carriers for not pushing updates. How many people realistically blame Dell, HP, Gateway, what have you when there computer breaks from not having a Windows update installed? Why isn't google more focused on fixing that then trying to solve other peoples issues?.

The blocking is not complete; it is merely a warning. You can continue to the site if you want to.

HP, Dell, and the rest don't have control over Windows Update, nor do they stop you from using it. The carriers have control and refuse to issue updates in a timely manner, if at all, so of course they are to blame.