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Bugzilla #1536760 Certificate Problem Report

GlobalSign: Virginia Tech Insufficient Serial Number Entropy

RESOLVED FIXED GlobalSign nv-sa
AI Summary

GlobalSign reported an issue regarding insufficient serial number entropy for certificates issued to Virginia Tech. The CA issued 63-bit serial numbers instead of the required 64 bits from September 30, 2016, to April 26, 2018. Upon receiving a disclosure report, GlobalSign ceased issuing certificates from this CA and initiated a revocation process. By April 2019, all non-expired certificates with the problematic serial numbers were successfully revoked.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 18:08 UTC Confidence: 1.00
Chronology
  1. GlobalSign researched VT issuance and identified non-compliance.
  2. GlobalSign stopped issuing certificates from the affected CA.
  3. All non-expired certificates with 63-bit serial numbers were revoked.
Participants
douglas.beattie@gmail.com ryan.sleevi@gmail.com
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