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Bugzilla #403437 Ca Certificate Root Program

Request Valicert/Starfield/GoDaddy Root Certificates be enabled for EV

RESOLVED FIXED GoDaddy
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AI Summary

This case involves a request from GoDaddy to enable Extended Validation (EV) for its root certificates: Valicert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority, GoDaddy Class 2 CA, and Starfield Class 2 CA. The request was initiated by Wayne Thayer, who provided detailed information about the roots and their associated OIDs. After a review process, including public comments and verification of compliance with EV guidelines, the request was approved. The necessary code changes to implement this approval were filed under a separate bug.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 12:04 UTC Revised: 2026-06-16 18:28 UTC Confidence: 0.85 14 comments
Chronology
  1. GoDaddy requests EV capability for its root certificates.
  2. Approval granted for GoDaddy to EV-enable its existing roots.
  3. Related bug for code changes is resolved.
Thread Activity
  1. Community commenter — Requested EV enablement for three GoDaddy roots and provided relevant OIDs.
  2. Hecker representative — Included GoDaddy in the pending list for EV enablement.
  3. Hecker representative — Marked GoDaddy entry in the pending list as complete and ready for preliminary judgment.
  4. Hecker representative — Formally approved the request to EV-enable GoDaddy's existing roots.
  5. Hecker representative — Resolved this bug as FIXED after related changes were completed.
Participants
Community commenter
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