It is surprising that we continue to see root expirations occur at the most inopportune times. Weekends, public holidays, even New Year's Eve. In this episode we have simple advice to anybody setting up a new root, which is "look at a calendar."
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The Subordinate CA program allows partners to issue certificates using a custom-branded subordinate CA certificate from Sectigo’s globally-trusted root CA.
Our Root is trusted by over 99.9% of current browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera and many others.
Public certificates are transitioning from multi-purpose root hierarchies to single-purpose ones. We discuss why.
We follow up on our discussion of the Get off My Lawn (GoTM) browser with Jason's adventure in creating his own custom root store.
"Code vibing" is using generative AI to create or improve working code. We share Jason's adventure using code vibing to create his own web browser.
This week Mozilla chose to follow Chrome in deprecating the Entrust trusted roots. We give you the details and explain why this action matters.
Root Causes Podcast
Root Causes 390: Chrome Boosts Its Distrust Agility with a New Root Trust Deprecation
A root trust deprecation highlights new Chrome functionality that enables more agile and less disruptive distrust events.
Recent erroneous behavior on Windows indicates that Microsoft removed - and then re-added - a legacy VeriSign root in its trusted roots list.
For the second time in under twelve months, a major browser is deprecating a CA's public trust. This time it's E-Tugra.
Public CA TrustCor has had its roots deprecated by Microsoft and Mozilla. We explain what happened and why these roots ultimately were distrusted.
Google Chrome recently announced the formation of its trusted root program. We explain why Chrome is launching now and the program's implications.
Mozilla is a highly important to the world of public certificates, with influence beyond what its browser market share would suggest. We examine why.
The root certificates of the EU's Covid Passport program have suffered a private key compromise and counterfeit passports are for sale on the black market.
Let's Encrypt's recent root expiration caused widespread service outages. We discuss this expiration and the recipe for avoiding problems in the future.
In 2019 the Kazakh government attempted to force its citizens to trust its private root. A recent research paper examines this attack.
Trust models in multi-vendor environments are particularly tricky. Learn about best practices in trusted roots for complex, global supply chain ecosystems.
Google has announced distrust for Spanish public CA Camerfirma in Chrome build 90. We explain the reasons for (and implications of) this decision.
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