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remove CFCA CA from FF

RESOLVED China Financial Certification Authority (CFCA)

AI Summary

A request was made to remove the China Financial Certification Authority (CFCA) from Firefox due to concerns about its trustworthiness and potential security risks. The request highlighted the CFCA's association with a totalitarian regime known for cyber attacks and espionage. Despite the concerns raised, the case was ultimately marked as invalid due to a lack of concrete evidence of policy violations.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 14:00 UTC Confidence: 0.80

Chronology

2015-05-29 Initial request to remove CFCA CA from Firefox
2022-11-14 Case marked as resolved

Participants

Christoph Anton Mitterer Kathleen Wilson Bob Clary

External References

Original Bugzilla Case

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