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Bugzilla #1534147 Certificate Problem Report

SSL.com: Insufficient serial number entropy

RESOLVED FIXED SSL.com
AI Summary

SSL.com identified an issue with insufficient entropy in the serial number generation of their certificates, which was linked to their use of EJBCA. Following discussions in the mozilla.dev.security.policy forum, SSL.com initiated a review and confirmed the issue on March 5, 2019. They promptly deployed a patch and resumed certificate issuance with corrected serial number generation. Affected certificates were revoked, and a comprehensive remediation plan was implemented to prevent future occurrences.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 18:06 UTC Confidence: 0.95
Chronology
  1. Ballot 164 on Certificate Serial Number Entropy is voted.
  2. Ballot 164 enters into effect.
  3. Initial review initiated and issue confirmed.
  4. Plan for revocation of affected certificates initiated.
  5. Revocation of affected TLS end-entity certificates completed.
Participants
Wayne Thayer Fotis Loukos
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