Google will start sunsetting the SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm in Chrome this month, finish by Q1 2015
Google today announced its plans to sunset the SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm as Chrome uses it in certificate signatures for HTTPS. The company hopes to start the process later this month with version 39′s release in November and finish it when Chrome 41 arrives in Q1 2015. When the CA/Browser Forum published their Baseline Requirements for SSL in 2011, SHA-1 was essentially deprecated. In other words, CAs have long been told to move away from SHA-1. Google Chrome will hopefully encourage those straggling behind to hurry up. Here is the timeline for using the HTTPS security indicator to highlight that…
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