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The new Ballot SC22 proposal to reduce the maximum validity of SSL certificates to one year (more precisely, to 397 days) was rejected by a majority vote. Active discussions on this issue have been held at the CA/B Forum over the past few months.

The developers of the largest browsers Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox announced that they will cease to display company names in EV (Extended Validation) SSL certificates. At the moment, organisation names are is displayed in the address bar of the browser.

The CA / B Forum, the SSL industry regulator, adopted Ballot SC19 by a majority of votes. Domain owners can now publish phone numbers in the CAA DNS records, which is used to perform validation.

The CA / B Forum, the regulatory body for the SSL industry, accepted Ballot SC17 by a majority vote. According to the new rule, EV SSL certificates may include additional information that allows fulfilling the requirements of EU legislation.

The ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) protocol was officially standardised by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Using the ACME protocol, certification authorities can automate the process of issuing and verifying a certificate.