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As we already mentioned previously, the issue of three-year SSL certificates will be terminated by all certifying authorities, starting from 1 March 2018. However, DigiCert has made an amendment to the information regarding this date: the company reported that the latest issuance date for the three-year GeoTrust, RapidSSL, Symantec and Thawte SSL certificates is 20 February 2018.

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HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP) is a security standard that forces browsers to accept only certain "pinned" public keys when visiting a host for a fixed period of time. This feature was introduced by Google in 2015. However, it never gained popularity.

DigiCert acquired the Symantec SSL business after the company was penalised by Google and other major browser vendors. As a result of the transaction, Symantec will take a 30% stake in DigiCert's share capital.

The business for the issuing Comodo certificates was acquired by Francisco Partners. News about it appeared on the same day as the announcement a deal closure between Symantec and DigiCert.