A self-signed certificate is issued by a server. It is not issued by a certificate authority. Browsers generate a security warning for the self-signed SSL certificates. It affects the website traffic potentially.

Checking the Status of SSL Certificate

It is possible to check and make research on SSL certificate through certificate transparency project tool of Google. There are a number of tools to check the status of SSL certificate. If a certificate is self-signed, the user should get a dependable SSL certificate.

A few publishers got the messages by mistake. These are known as false positives. By having a discussion in Google webmaster forum, an illustration is formed. A member has reported that he got a self-signed certificate message. His website was not self-signed. There was a little time between moving certificate providers and it shows Google has scanned the website in the switch over. This has triggered the fake positives.

In another false positive report, a member has informed getting the message on self-signed certificate even their website includes a legal certificate. According to a member, it was an error. It is recommended to ignore the warning of Google about the self-signed SSL. It is a warning which is obtained from search console of Google.

Wrongly Configured Certificates

It is not easy to diagnose the issue. If a certificate is not properly installed, certificate issues can be there in the websites. Self-signed warnings are triggered by the wrongly configured certificates. By searching in private facebook group, you will find lot of these things. Sometimes due to buying different types of certificates, the reason cannot be diagnosed by other members.

A technical problem relates to the method how certificates for a number of websites are allocated by a dedicated server. The same server is used to host numerous websites. They are suitable for messages of self-signed certificates.

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