{"id":1030,"date":"2016-12-02T13:09:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T13:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ntsplhosting.com\/blog\/\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2024-09-18T06:58:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T06:58:18","slug":"theres-less-than-two-months-before-browsers-start-penalizing-sites-without-ssl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntsplhosting.com\/blog\/theres-less-than-two-months-before-browsers-start-penalizing-sites-without-ssl\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s Less Than Two Months Before Browsers Start Penalizing Sites Without SSL."},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: SSL<\/a> is no longer optional. It’s mandatory. Regardless of what kind of site your customers are running, soon they’ll be penalized by the browser community for not having encryption.<\/p>\n

Already, the browsers are rewarding encrypted sites with SEO ranking boosts and the use of advanced features. But soon, non-encrypted sites will be given negative security indicators and actively labeled “not secure” in the address bar.<\/p>\n

From January 2017, Google Chrome (version 56 and onwards) will begin marking HTTP sites that transmit passwords or request credit card details as \u201cnot secure\u201d.<\/p>\n

The move comes as part of a longer term strategy to eventually label all non-HTTPS sites as insecure within Google\u2019s browser, helping users to browse the web more safely.<\/p>\n

The current neutral indicator that\u2019s displayed for HTTP connections in Google Chrome doesn\u2019t point out their lack of security. It is possible for someone else on the same network to look at or interfere with a website using an HTTP connection before it reaches you.<\/p>\n

Sites that do make use of an HTTPS connection will continue to be labelled with a green padlock icon, marking them as secure. The lack of a secure icon however, is not enough for users to recognize a site as insecure. The new label for HTTP sites will help highlight their insecure nature to users.<\/p>\n

\"SSL<\/a><\/p>\n

The Gradual Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Google\u2019s plan to label HTTP sites will include the introduction of indicators gradually:<\/strong><\/p>\n