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From January 1, 2024, the VAT rate will increase

From January 1, 2024, the value added tax rate in the Republic of Estonia will increase from the current 20% to 22%.

The VAT rate increase applies to all Core.eu products and services from 1 January 2024 and will affect all Core.eu customers who are subject to the Estonian VAT rate.

Please adjust the payment limit if you have a permanent agreement on payment of e-invoices with the bank.

Also, please note that in invoices generated by the system that are unpaid before 12/31/2023, the VAT rate will be changed on January 1, 2024, which will accordingly change the invoice amount.

OpenSSL Vulnerability – Update Required

OpenSSL identified a high-risk vulnerability over the weekend and released a patch on November 1st. If you are running OpenSSL on any platform (highly likely), you’ll need to run an update to ensure your connections and infrastructure remain secure. Note: this only affects the OpenSSL library, you do not need to update your SSL certificate(s).

Update immediately if you’re running OpenSSL version 3.0.0 through 3.0.6.

Version update information: https://www.openssl.org/source/.

Changes to .eu Terms and Conditions

EURid, the registry manager of the .eu, .ею (Cyrillic) and .ευ (Greek) top-level domains has modified its Terms and Conditions for the following reasons:

  • to comply with the new legal framework for .eu domain names (Regulation 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 and its accompanying Acts).
  • to make the new Terms and Conditions clearer and more accessible by combining the existing Terms and Conditions and Registration Policy into one document.

The new Terms and Conditions are available on EURid’s website (https://eurid.eu/en/other-infomation/document-repository/) and we encourage you to read the new Terms and Conditions in full.

The new Terms and Conditions will take effect from 13 October 2022 and by keeping and renewing your domain name(s), you confirm having read and accepted the modified terms and conditions.

If you do not agree with the new Terms and Conditions, you may choose to delete your domain name(s) before the effective date via your registrar, i.e. the company with whom you have registered your domain name(s).

No More File-Based DCV for Wildcards

Adapting to Industry Changes for Better Web Security
The CA/B Forum has voted on removing the file-based domain control validation (DCV) method for Wildcard certificates (e.g. *.domain.com) starting Dec. 1, 2021. So why the update?

The change was created in response to the concern that host-based control validation isn’t a strong enough way to demonstrate that someone has control over a domain’s entire namespace. Ultimately, this change improves security for subdomains and therefore, web users overall.

To be prepared and acclimated before the official start date, major CA’s such as DigiCert and Sectigo, will no longer allow file-based DCV for Wildcard certificates starting Nov. 15. After that, users can only use email and DNS validation methods to perform DCV for Wildcards.

We offer wide range of certificates from major certificate authorities: RapidSSL, GeoTrust, Thawte, Sectigo (formerly Comodo), Certum, Symantec.

 

You can buy a Certificate not only to protect any server or hosting that is provided by us, but for any other services/servers that you use from different providers. You can also order SSL installation service from us to get your Certificate installed correctly.