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The Latest Gandi News:

  1. SECURITY: Why we retired the security question in Gandi v5
  2. HOSTING: 5 Simple Hosting updates that will change your life
  3. SSL: Maximum duration of SSL certificates reduced to 1 year starting September 1, 2020—What will be the impact on your site?
  4. DOMAINS: Our best practices for managing your DNS zone
  5. Promo roundup

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1. SECURITY: Why we retired the security question in Gandi v5

What’s your mother’s maiden name? What’s your favorite dish? Over the years, Gandi users have had to respond to “security questions” to reset their lost passwords. This is no longer the case.

Does that mean your account is any less secure?

2. HOSTING: 5 Simple Hosting updates that will change your life

Flexibility, “1 click” installations, Prestashop, Public API, and increase in storage space: here’s your update on everything related to Gandi’s web hosting.

3. SSL: Maximum duration of SSL certificates reduced to 1 year starting September 1, 2020—What will be the impact on your site

Starting on September 1, 2020, the maximum lifetime of an SSL certificate accepted by Safari internet browser will be 398 days. What happens to sites that don’t follow that rule? Safari won’t show them. Read our explanation and advice so your site doesn’t end up blocked!

4. DOMAINS: Our best practices for managing your DNS zone

DNS syntax—fundamental, yet unyielding. If you manage your own DNS and are concerned about making an error, check out our guide to help you avoid the most common mistakes.

5. Promo roundup

With the threat of the imminent sale of .org eliminated, we are very happy to announce that this domain is once again on sale, for $9.99 for the first year in Grid A (normally $17.20).

Choose a well-connected domain for your .vip for $10.63 for the first year at A rates (normally $21.25 per year) before September 30, 2020.

Get 50% off before September 30, 2020 on .work, now $5.88 for the first year at A rates (normally $11.75 per year).

From July 1 through September 30, 2020, .london is just $16.88 for the first year at A rates (normally $49.66 per year)

You can find all the promos in progress on the Promo page of our site.


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