Please add the GlobalSign Root certificate to the NSS

RESOLVED FIXED GlobalSign nv-sa

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AI Summary

GlobalSign nv-sa requested the inclusion of their new root certificate, 'GlobalSign Root CA - R2', into the NSS. The request was initiated by Steve Roylance from GlobalSign, who provided the necessary details and documentation for the certificate. After a thorough evaluation by Gervase Markham, the request was deemed appropriate and moved to a public discussion phase. The comment period passed without incident, leading to the resolution of the bug with the inclusion of the certificate in the Mozilla root store.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 11:56 UTC Revised: 2026-06-16 18:28 UTC Confidence: 0.85 15 comments

Chronology

2007-01-17 GlobalSign submitted a request for the inclusion of their new root certificate.
2007-04-20 The request was resolved, and the certificate was included in the Mozilla root store.

Thread Activity

2007-01-17 GlobalSign nv-sa — Requested the addition of the GlobalSign Root certificate to NSS.
2007-02-22 Mozilla representative — Inquired if the new certificate would be an EV root.
2007-03-14 Mozilla representative — Confirmed the request was placed in the pending CA root certificate request list.
2007-04-04 Mozilla representative — Completed the evaluation of the request and opened a public discussion period.
2007-04-20 Mozilla representative — Announced the opening of a new bug for the actual inclusion of the certificates.

Participants

GlobalSign nv-sa Mozilla representative

External References

Original Bugzilla Case secure.globalsign.net www.mozilla.org

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