(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In an effort to support transparent secure sockets layer certificate lifecycle management across a range of server and operating system platforms, SSL Certification Authority, GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com), has demonstrated a fully operational WS-Trust implementation and launched its lightweight “One-Click” SSL API for platform providers unable to support a full WS-Trust model.
Marking “the beginning of the end for SSL certificate installation issues,” according to GlobalSign’s Tuesday announcement at Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) Tech•Ed 2009 (www.msteched.com), the announcement follows a collaboration with the Microsoft’s public key infrastructure team that helped GlobalSign deliver a fully transparent SSL certificate lifecycle management experience on top of Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2.
One of the fundamental changes offered by both WS-Trust and One-Click SSL is the removal of the need to generate and handle a Certificate Signing Request, making low touch SSL certificate application and deployment easier across platforms. The CSR process now happens silently on the platform, without causing non-tech-savvy buyers confusion.
“SSL certificate adoption and usage continues to dramatically increase across a range of industries and therefore moving forward, the lifecycle management technologies supported by a Certification Authority, such as GlobalSign, offer a clear differentiator,” GlobalSign worldwide business development director Steve Roylance said in a statement. “This is especially true for web hosting providers and for large enterprises where large deployments of SSL certificates are required across disparate platforms.”
Existing GlobalSign enterprise customers and hosting partners will benefit from the new services as an increasing number of platforms offer the improved lifecycle management processes over the coming months.
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