Re: Must have SSL or dedicated IP address?
Emily Schechter <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:56:14 -0700
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Per the response on the bug -- to be clear, this change is strictly about how the Chrome browser UI indicates the status of a page you're on (i.e. the lock icon next to HTTPS in the URL bar). On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Vincent Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > Google has never announced that there will be a penalty for sites that are > not using SSL. They have only announced that SSL will be a *small* boost to > rankings. > > The word "penalty" does not appear anywhere on the page you linked. > > SSL certificates are available for free through multiple providers. Let's > Encrypt (www.letsencrypt.org) is the most popular of the free providers. > > (I am not affiliated with Google) > > -Vincent > > On Thursday, September 15, 2016, Christian Trujillo < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am a web developer and I was talking with a hosting provider we use for >> marketing sites and blogs, as we were discussing opening a new account we >> were told that google was looking at enforcing SSL or a dedicated IP >> address on each site otherwise you would be penalized. >> >> As I was doing more research on this I found this article: >> >> https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/marking-http >> -as-non-secure >> >> >> If this is real and google will serously enforce this and penilize sites >> in my opinion it would be the STUPIDIEST (sorry) thing google has ever >> done. >> >> The reason why google's search engine is so big and popular as we all >> know, is for the quality of the results shown. This results are based on >> content and relevance. There are millions of website which contain the >> answers the user is looking for and most all of them dont have the budget >> to pay for an SSL cert a year. >> Google will loose this sites, its credibility and quality of results. I >> would personally move to Bing and will make sure to explain all my >> followers why. >> >> I cannot believe this is being considered. >> >> >> THIS COMMUNICATION IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR >> ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND CONTAINS OR MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION >> THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL OR EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE >> LAW. If the reader of this communication is not the intended recipient (or >> the employee or agent responsible for delivering to the intended >> recipient), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, >> or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have >> received this communication in error, please disregard and delete this >> communication, and do not disseminate or retain any copy of this >> communication. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Security-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > > > -- > Vincent Lynch > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Security-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].