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EPISODE 321
Broadcast Date:
July 27, 202316 minutes
Podcast Jul 27, 2023Root Causes 321: CABF Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer Members
The CA/Browser Forum recently passed a temporary moratorium on new members of the Certificate Consumer class.
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The New S/MIME Baseline Requirements
Webinar from Sectigo
Webinar May 04, 2023The New S/MIME Baseline Requirements
Join our webinar to hear about the CA/B Forum ballot to introduce new baseline requirements for S/MIME, including the twelve different use cases.
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EPISODE 296
Broadcast Date:
April 21, 202313 minutes
Podcast Apr 21, 2023Root Causes 296: SHOULD We or MUST We?
The CA/Browser Forum guidelines contain many prescribed requirements with the word SHOULD or MUST. We explain how these two words are used.
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EPISODE 290
Broadcast Date:
March 30, 202313 minutes
Podcast Mar 30, 2023Root Causes 290: What Are QGIS and QIIS?
We define Qualified Government Information Source (QGIS) and Qualified Independent Information Source (QIIS).
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EPISODE 258
Broadcast Date:
November 22, 202217 minutes
Podcast Nov 22, 2022Root Causes 258: New S/MIME Baseline Requirements Ratified
The CA/Browser Forum has passed new Baseline Requirements for S/MIME certificates. We explain their broad stipulations.
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EPISODE 243
Broadcast Date:
September 20, 202211 minutes
Podcast Sep 20, 2022Root Causes 243: Which Came First, the BRs or the EVGs?
Many don't realize that the CA/Browser Forum's Baseline Requirements actually came LATER THAN the Extended Validation Guidelines.
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EPISODE 201
Broadcast Date:
January 24, 202216 minutes
Podcast Jan 24, 2022Root Causes 201: What Are the Baseline Requirements?
The CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements (BR) are hugely influential in the world of public-trust certificates. We explain them and why they matter.
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EPISODE 181
Broadcast Date:
August 30, 202113 minutes
Podcast Aug 30, 2021Root Causes 181: Limitation of DCV Through Web Site Changes
Domain Control Validation (DCV) for SSL certificates using the "change to web site" method will be changing late this year. We explain these changes.
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EPISODE 166
Broadcast Date:
June 8, 202110 minutes
Podcast Jun 08, 2021Root Causes 166: The Trouble with OU Fields
Of all aspects of public SSL certificates, few are as controversial as the OU field. Our hosts explain why this field is an industry flashpoint.
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EPISODE 127
Broadcast Date:
November 5, 202014 minutes
Podcast Nov 05, 2020Root Causes 127: What a Chief Compliance Officer at a Public CA Does
Our hosts discuss what compliance means at a public Certificate Authority (CA) like Sectigo and what the Chief Compliance Officer does.
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EPISODE 117
Broadcast Date:
September 4, 202019 minutes
Podcast Sep 04, 2020Root Causes 117: Why Default Deny Matters to the CA/Browser Forum
CABF has been discussing "default deny," an approach to ambiguities in existing guidelines, with significant impact on how to interpret the rules.
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EPISODE 106
Broadcast Date:
July 14, 202027 minutes
Podcast Jul 14, 2020Root Causes 106: Massive Intermediate Certificate Distrust on the Way
14 public CAs have to revoke intermediates and destroy their keys, putting millions of active SSL, S/MIME, and other public certificates at risk.