What browsers support SHA-256 SSL certificates?

Category: All about SSL certificates

SHA-2 SHA-256

Most browsers, smartphones and servers in use nowadays support SHA-256 SSL certificates. If your company makes use of older computers, you may encounter compatibility problems when switching to SHA-256 certificates.

Kinamo recommends you always order the SHA-256 version of a certificate. Should any problem arise, the certificate can be re-issued with an SHA-1 signature free of charge.

The importance of migrating to SHA-2356 certificated is detailed in the SHA-1, SHA-2 en SHA-256 page.

Desktop browsers with SHA-256 support

Chrome 26+

Internet Explorer 6.0+ (on Windows XP SP3+)

Firefox 1.5+

Netscape 7.1+

Mozilla 1.4+

Safari on OS X 10.5+

Opera 9.0+

Konqueror 3.5.6+

Java 1.4.2+

OpenSSL 0.9.8o+

NSS 3.8+

Smartphones with SHA-256 support

Android 2.3+

Apple iOS (iPhone) 3.0+

Blackberry 5.0+

Windows Mobile 7+

Web Servers with SHA-256 support

Apache with OpenSSL 0.9.8o+

Nginx with OpenSSL 0.9.8o+

Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2

Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 with Hotfix KB 938397

Mac OS X Server 10.5+

Oracle WebLogic 10.3.1+


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