What's New
2 October 2024
New Online e-Cert Renewal Application Service
21 June 2024
Updating the lifetime of Bank-Cert, e-Cert (Organisational Role) and e-Cert (Encipherment) to the maximum of 3-year
2 November 2023
Issuance of e-Cert (Organisational Role) to Gleneagles Hospital
18 May 2023
New Arrangement for Promotional Discount on e-Cert Subscription Fees
18 May 2023
Expiry of Root CA "Hongkong Post Root CA 1"
1 December 2022
Provision of New Cross-certificate for e-Cert (Server) Subscribers
10 May 2022
Issuance of e-Cert (Server) without "Organisational Unit" (OU) fields with effect from 30 August 2022
1 April 2022
Common Web Browsers are now with HKPCA Root CA3 Certificate Included
21 January 2022
Launch of Extended Validation e-Cert (Server)
30 December 2020
Issuance of New Type of Recognized Certificate - iAM Smart-Cert
20 November 2020
Issuance of e-Cert (Organisational Role) to CUHK Medical Centre
03 December 2019
New Arrangement for Promotional Discount on e-Cert Subscription Fees
04 October 2019
Hongkong Post - Contract Awarded for Operating e-Cert Services
19 July 2019
Issuance of New Types of Recognized Certificate - g-Cert (Individual) and g-Cert (Functional Unit)
30 Apr 2019
Hongkong Post Certification Authority Root CA Rollover Plan Update on 1 July 2019
16 Jan 2019
Cessation of use of e-Cert File Card as e-Cert Storage Medium with effect from 1 February 2019
5 Dec 2018
Hongkong Post Certification Authority Root CA Rollover Plan
25 June 2018
Cessation of Provision of
Embedding e-Cert (Personal) onto Smart ID Card
and Related Services
31 May 2018
Change of domain name of Hongkong
Post Certification Authority
1 Dec 2017
Issuance of e-cert (Server)
supporting Certificate Transparency
30 Dec 2016
Launch of e-Cert (Organisational)
with AEOI Functions
10 Aug 2016
Promotional Discount on
Subscription Fees of e-Cert (Server) for
Wi-Fi.HK participating organisations
22 Jul 2015
Transition Plan for Issuance of
e-Cert (Server) Supporting Online Certificate
Status Protocol
6 Mar 2015
Promotional Discount on
Subscription Fees for e-Cert (Organisational)
and e-Cert (Server)
31 Oct 2014
Transition Plan for Issuance of
e-Cert (Server) using SHA-256 Cryptographic Hash
Algorithm
16 May 2014
Support Arrangement on the
Replacement Service for e-Cert (Server)
1 Jan 2014
Launch of e-Cert (Encipherment)
with 3-year and 4-year validity period
15 May 2013
Expiry of Sub CA "Hongkong
Post e-Cert CA 1"
15 May 2013
Launch of enhanced e-Cert (Server)
with new features – "Wildcard" &
"Multi-domain"
19 March 2013
Expiry of Sub CA "Hongkong
Post
e-Cert CA 1" with effect from 15 May
2013
1 February 2013
Cessation
of e-Cert (Personal) for Smart ID Card Related
Services at Four Post Offices
11 January 2013
Cessation
of Use of Floppy Diskette as e-Cert Storage
Medium
with effect from 1 April 2013
30 November 2012
Issuance of a New Type of
Recognized
Certificate - e-Cert (Organisational Role)
6 November 2012
Issuance of e-Cert (Server) with
2048-bit RSA Key Length only with
effect from 1 December 2012
27 April 2012
Transition Plan for Issuance of
e-Cert with 2048-bit RSA Key Length
27 April 2012
Launch of e-Cert File USB, a New
e-Cert Storage Medium, and Plan to Cease Use of
Floppy
Diskette as e-Cert Storage Medium
1 March 2012
Promotional
Discount on Subscription Fee for e-Cert
(Encipherment)
30 December 2011
Hongkong Post - Contract
Awarded for Operating e-Cert Services
16 December 2011
Cessation of e-Cert (Personal)
for Smart ID Card Related Services at Five Post
Offices
1 September 2011
Transition
Plan for Issuance of only 2048-bit RSA Key
Length
e-Cert (Server)
10 June 2011
Invitation
to Tender for the Provision of a Total Solution
for Operating and Maintaining the System and
Services of Hongkong Post Certification Authority.
(Remark: The invitation to tender was closed
at 12:00 noon on 20 July 2011.)
8 June 2011
Notice of Cease Providing e-Cert
(Personal) for Smart ID Card Services at 4 Post
Offices
29 October 2010
Hongkong Post opened on 29 October 2010 a five-week
invitation for Expression of Interest (EoI)
from the private sector in the provision of
Hongkong Post Certification Authority services.
(Remark: The invitation for EoI was closed
at noon on 3 December 2010.)
13 August 2010
Notice
of cessation of supplementary update to the
Certificate
Revocation Lists
11 August 2010
Notice
of supplementary update to the Certificate
Revocation
Lists
19 April 2010
Common
web browsers are now with the HKPCA root
certificate
included or available
26 February 2010
Hongkong
Post Certification Authority begins issuing
certificates
by the Sub CA "Hongkong Post e-Cert CA 1 -
10"
6 January 2010
Hongkong
Post Certification Authority Sub CA Rollover
on 26 February 2010
16 June 2009
Hongkong
Post Certification Authority Sub CA Rollover
in February 2010
13 August 2007
Announcing
the launch of e-Cert File Card, an added service
to Hongkong Post e-Cert Services
30 March 2007
Outsourced
Operation of Hongkong Post e-Cert Services with
effect
from 1 April 2007
3 November 2006
Latest
Development of Hongkong Post e-Cert Services -
Contract Awarded for Operating the e-Cert
Services
