{"id":1371,"date":"2021-01-13T17:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2025-03-04T05:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:09:06","slug":"update-lets-encrypt-extends-support-for-android-7-or-older-devices-for-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/update-lets-encrypt-extends-support-for-android-7-or-older-devices-for-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Let\u2019s Encrypt Extends Support for Android 7 or Older Devices for Three Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in November, Let\u2019s Encrypt an open certificate authority announced an end to its partnership with Identrust and to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/standing-on-our-own-two-feet-lets-encrypt\/\">Standing on Our Own Two Feet \u2013 Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/a>\u201d. The supposed part ways will cause compatibility issues with Android 7.1.1 or older to not be able to access HTTPS websites.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/letsencrypt.org\/2020\/12\/21\/extending-android-compatibility.html\">announcement<\/a>, Let\u2019s Encrypt has found a solution that has extended Android compatibility for its certificates for older phones allowing for continued safe web browsing. Let\u2019s Encrypt and IdenTrust partnership has been renewed, which means that older Android devices will keep running smoothly without compatibility issues for another three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IdenTrust has agreed to cross-sign for Let\u2019s Encrypt\u2019s ISRG Root X1 certificate from its DST Root CA X3 certificate until 2024. This gives Let\u2019s Encrypt its users \u201ca chain which contains both ISRG Root X1 and DST Root CA X3, ensuring uninterrupted service to all users and avoiding the potential breakage we have been concerned about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henselhosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020.12.21-android-compat-cert-chain-692x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3421\" width=\"325\" height=\"481\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The said new chain will take effect in late January or early February of next year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in November, Let\u2019s Encrypt an open certificate authority announced an end to its partnership with Identrust and to \u201cStanding on Our Own Two Feet \u2013 Let\u2019s Encrypt\u201d. The supposed part ways will cause compatibility issues with Android 7.1.1 or older to not be able to access HTTPS websites.\u00a0 In its new&nbsp;announcement, Let\u2019s Encrypt has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-website-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1381,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions\/1381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}