{"id":2904,"date":"2026-05-05T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/ssl-com-rotates-their-root-certificate-today-tue-may-5th\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:00:52","slug":"ssl-com-rotates-their-root-certificate-today-tue-may-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/ssl-com-rotates-their-root-certificate-today-tue-may-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"SSL.com rotates their root certificate today, (Tue, May 5th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>I just got an email from SSL.com last night, they are rotating \u00a0out their root certificate today (May 5,2026). \u00a0This is normal, business as usual stuff for a CA, but certificates get used for all kinds of things, and sometimes they aren&#8217;t used like they should be, so sometimes hiccups happen.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using them for basic cert+website stuff, there&#8217;s no need to worry.\u00a0 But if you go past that basic implementation, you should read their note to make sure that this change won&#8217;t be affecting any of your services.\u00a0 Even if you don&#8217;t use ssl.com, it&#8217;s a good read, as every certificate expires, which means that everyone&#8217;s root cert rotates out eventually &#8211; so forewarned if forearmed and all that ..<\/p>\n<p>In particular (from the email):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If you have pinned trust anchors, custom trust stores, or certificate validation logic tied to the 2016 roots, please audit those configurations promptly to avoid disruptions.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Use cross-certificates. 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