Startcom CA applies for inclusion in Mozilla

Re:Startcom CA applies for inclusion in Mozilla by mseebach on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:59AM (#14901297)

> a.- StartCom is now a 100% Qihoo360 owned subordinate Company. Management has also changed.

> b.- There´re no StartCom employees working at any Wosign premises. StartCom has subcontracted Qihoo 360 for all PKI and development management.

> c.- StartCom acquired EJBCA PKI software from Primekey (CA, VA and TSA). There´s no in-house development for PKI

> d.- All StartCom servers are under Qihoo 360 premises in different locations, in China and US.

> e.- StartCom has developed a new CMS system and website, using a new language, PHP, from scratch.

They go to great lengths to make sure everything has changed and nothing is like it was before. Why not just take the final step and drop the (quite tainted) name "StartCom" and apply as Qihoo360 CA or whatever?

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Re:Startcom CA applies for inclusion in Mozilla by shakna on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @01:01PM (#14902860)

Qihoo360 isn't a reputable name either. Might be trying to avoid anybody who might recognise the name, and going for the "phoenix rises from the ashes" to reinvigorate StartCOM, whilst avoiding Qihoo360 from further tainting it in future.

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Re:Startcom CA applies for inclusion in Mozilla by compuguy on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @11:57AM (#14902090)

I guess the name recognition of Qihoo360 is slim to nil outside of China (though startcom's reputation is pretty much gone).

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Re:Startcom CA applies for inclusion in Mozilla by rblatz on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @11:31AM (#14901762)

That is very curious. Wonder what would drive them to keep that name if everything else changed.

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