Whereas Chrome, Android’s default browser, generates trusted root certificates via the OS, “Firefox is currently unique among browsers” in having “its own list of trusted root certificates”, said Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, lead developer for Let’s Encrypt. Let’s Encrypt, which is operated by the Mozilla-backed non-profit the Internet Security Research Group, currently certifies around 225 million domains.Īndroid users running pre-7.1.1 versions of their mobile OS – accounting for one in three active devices – will, from September 1, be presented with a warning from their browser that these websites are not secure – unless they use Firefox. This will leave the CA reliant on its own certificate, ISRG Root X1, which is still not trusted by versions of Android prior to 7.1.1. Let’s Encrypt, the SSL/TLS certificate authority (CA), has issued a warning that IdenTrust’s DST Root X3 – the root certificate used by Let’s Encrypt to gain a foothold in the CA market – is set to expire on September 1, 2021. UPDATED Access to millions of Let’s Encrypt-certified websites could be blocked overnight next year by the legions of mobile devices that still run unsupported versions of Android. Switching to Firefox will address issue related to unsupported OS
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