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Bugzilla #1212655
Certificate Problem Report
StartCom: public exponent is 1
RESOLVED
Start Commercial (StartCom) Ltd.
AI Summary
A certificate issued by StartCom was found to have a public exponent of 1, which violates the CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements. Although Firefox rejects the certificate, it still does not comply with the standards. StartCom has committed to revoking the certificate and improving their checks on submitted Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) to prevent similar issues in the future.
Chronology
- Issue reported regarding public exponent
- StartCom agrees to revoke the certificate
- Case resolved
Participants
Kathleen Wilson
Eddy Nigg
RLB
Gerv
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