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Bugzilla #1536831 Certificate Problem Report

GDCA: Insufficient Serial Number Entropy

RESOLVED FIXED Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))
AI Summary

Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority (GDCA) identified an issue with insufficient serial number entropy in SSL/TLS certificates issued between September 30, 2016, and December 1, 2017. Following discussions on mozilla.dev.security.policy, GDCA conducted a self-assessment and confirmed that 283 certificates were affected. They successfully revoked 14 valid certificates and updated their issuance system to prevent future occurrences. The issue has been resolved, and all affected certificates are now either revoked or expired.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 18:09 UTC Confidence: 0.95
Chronology
  1. GDCA noticed discussions about insufficient serial number entropy.
  2. GDCA confirmed issuance of 283 affected certificates.
  3. GDCA began revocation procedures for affected certificates.
  4. GDCA completed revocation of all affected certificates.
Participants
capoc@gdca.com.cn ryan.sleevi@gmail.com wthayer@fastly.com
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