Google will start sunsetting 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. Here is the timeline for using the HTTPS security indicator to highlight that SHA-1 doesn’t cut it anymore: Chrome 39 (Branch point 26 September 2014): Sites with end-entity (“leaf”) certificates that expire on or after January 1, 2017, and which include a SHA-1-based signature as part of the certificate chain, will be treated...

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