{"id":2662,"date":"2016-05-13T18:22:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T02:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalaccesspass.com\/blog\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2016-05-13T19:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T03:00:59","slug":"upcoming-paypal-security-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalaccesspass.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/upcoming-paypal-security-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming PayPal Security Upgrade &#8211; Act by June 17, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IMPORTANT: Action Required by all DAP users using Paypal before June 17, 2016<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>PayPal recently sent out their 2016-2017 Security Roadmap.\u00a0 If you use Paypal to process payment, it&#8217;s critical that you review the list below and work with your webhosting provider to ensure your servers support the new standards.<\/p>\n<p>According to the dates released by Paypal, the only upgrade due in 2016 is <strong>&#8220;SSL certificate upgrade&#8221;.<\/strong>\u00a0 It&#8217;s due on <em><strong>June 17, 2016.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 You need to take action<strong> before June 17, 2016<\/strong> to make sure you are not impacted by this update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Per Paypal Info Center:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;PayPal is in the process of upgrading the SSL certificates used to secure our web sites and API endpoints. These new certificates will be signed using the SHA-256 algorithm and VeriSign&#8217;s 2048-bit G5 Root Certificate. You will need to ensure that your environment supports the use of the SHA-256 signing algorithm and discontinue the use of SSL connections that rely on the VeriSign G2 Root Certificate.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Impact of Paypal&#8217;s Changes<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong>\u00a0 There are no DAP updates required for this Paypal change. <strong>But this change can affect your server&#8217;s communication with Paypal and thus impact DAP.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What You Need To Do<\/h3>\n<p>If you use <strong>Paypal to process payments<\/strong>, and <strong>use SSL\/https<\/strong> on your site, then please work with your webhosting provider on the following:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Check for compatibility with th<strong>e new SHA-256 certificate technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your webhost does not support SHA-256 currently, then they need to<strong> upgrade your servers to support the SHA-256 signing algorithm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to check if you server is SHA-256 complaint, you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sslshopper.com\/ssl-checker.html\" target=\"_blank\">visit this website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong> Enter your domain name there and look for <b>Signature Algorithm. <\/b>It should say &#8220;sha256WithRSAEncryption&#8221;. If yes, you should be all set. If not, your webhost needs to upgrade your severs to support <strong>SHA-256 signing algorithm.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In any case, please do confirm this with your Webhosting provider.<\/p>\n<p>2. Check with your webhost to make sure that they do NOT use SSL connections that relies on the VeriSign G2 Root Certificate.<\/p>\n<p>If your webhost completes these checks\/updates, you should be all set. Your site won&#8217;t be impacted by this upcoming Paypal upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Again, no DAP updates are required to handle this new Paypal upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Please work with your webhosting provider directly to prepare for this upcoming Paypal upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPORTANT: Action Required by all DAP users using Paypal before June 17, 2016 PayPal recently sent out their 2016-2017 Security Roadmap.\u00a0 If you use Paypal to process payment, it&#8217;s critical that you review the list below and work with your webhosting provider to ensure your servers support the new standards. 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