Universal SSL: Be just a bit more patient
Sep 30, 2014Matthew Prince

Summary
This post details the rollout of Cloudflare's Universal SSL feature, highlighting the challenges and progress in deploying SSL certificates to millions of websites. It explains the phased approach, expected delays, and potential certificate mismatch errors users might encounter during the provisioning process. The post also outlines how Cloudflare is tracking progress and communicating updates to customers, and provides examples of sites with Universal SSL enabled, noting the potential for mixed content warnings and Cloudflare's future plans to address them.
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