Network Solutions: All test CA test website certificates are expired

RESOLVED FIXED Network Solutions

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AI Summary

This case involves Network Solutions, which discovered that all test CA website certificates were expired, violating the Baseline Requirements. The issue was initially reported by an external party on August 13, 2021, and Network Solutions was informed by Sectigo about the expired certificates. Following the discovery, Network Solutions issued new test certificates and announced plans to transition to a managed CA model by Sectigo to prevent future occurrences. The bug was resolved with the implementation of new certificates and a strategy to avoid similar issues in the future.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 21:05 UTC Revised: 2026-06-16 18:40 UTC Confidence: 0.85 11 comments

Chronology

2021-08-18 Bug opened regarding expired test CA certificates.
2021-08-19 New test website certificates deployed.
2021-10-01 Target date for full transition to managed service set for November 8, 2021.

Thread Activity

2021-08-18 Thisisntrocket representative — All certificates on the Test Websites in CCADB for the Network Solutions CA are expired.
2021-08-18 Thisisntrocket representative — Received an update from Sectigo that test certificates were issued and installed.
2021-09-10 Endurance representative — Network Solutions and Sectigo decided to transition to a managed CA model.
2021-10-08 Endurance representative — Provided a detailed incident report outlining the timeline and causes of the issue.
2021-11-01 Endurance representative — Confirmed that the bug has been addressed and asked if it can be closed.

Participants

Thisisntrocket representative Endurance representative Nekollc representative Mozilla representative

External References

Original Bugzilla Case ccadb-public.secure.force.com crt.sh

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