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DigiCert Certification Practices Statement for GeoTrust and RapidSSL Version 1.3 Effective Date: November 2, 2018 DigiCert, Inc. 2801 N. Thanksgiving Way Suite 500 Lehi, UT 84043 USA Tel: 1-801-877-2100 Fax: 1-801-705-0481 www.digicert.com i DigiCert Certification Practices Statement for GeoTrust and RapidSSL © 2017-2018 DigiCert, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Revision date: November 2, 2018 Trademark Notices GeoTrust and the GeoTrust logo are registered marks of GeoTrust LLC. True Credentials, QuickSSL, RapidSSL, FreeSSL, True Business ID, and Power ServerID, are trademarks and service marks of GeoTrust. Other trademarks and service marks in this document are the property of their respective owners. GeoTrust LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of DigiCert, Inc. Without limiting the rights reserved above, and except as licensed below, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without prior written permission of DigiCert. Notwithstanding the above, permission is granted to reproduce and distribute this Certification Practice Statement on a nonexclusive, royalty-free basis, provided that (i) the foregoing copyright notice and the beginning paragraphs are prominently displayed at the beginning of each copy, and (ii) this document is accurately reproduced in full, complete with attribution of the document to GeoTrust/DigiCert. Requests for any other permission to reproduce these Certification Practices (as well as requests for copies) must be addressed to DigiCert, Inc., 2801 N. Thanksgiving Way, Suite 500, Lehi, UT 84043 USA Tel 1-801-877-2100 Fax 1-801-705-0481 Email: [email protected]. ii Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 1 4.2.4 Certificate Authority Authorization .............................. 13 4.3 CERTIFICATE ISSUANCE ........................................................ 14 1.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................. 1 4.3.1 CA Actions during Certificate Issuance ........................ 14 1.2 DOCUMENT NAME AND IDENTIFICATION ................................ 2 4.3.2 Notifications to Subscriber by the CA of Issuance of 1.3 PKI PARTICIPANTS ................................................................. 3 Certificates ............................................................................ 14 1.3.1 Certification Authorities................................................. 3 4.3.3 CABF Requirement for Certificate Issuance by a Root 1.3.2 Registration Authorities ................................................. 3 CA .......................................................................................... 14 1.3.3 Subscribers ..................................................................... 3 4.4 CERTIFICATE ACCEPTANCE ................................................... 14 1.3.4 Relying Parties ............................................................... 3 4.4.1 Conduct Constituting Certificate Acceptance ............... 14 1.3.5 Other Participants .......................................................... 3 4.4.2 Publication of the Certificate by the CA ....................... 14 1.4 CERTIFICATE USAGE .............................................................. 4 4.4.3 Notification of Certificate Issuance by the CA to Other 1.4.1 Appropriate Certificate Usages ..................................... 4 Entities ................................................................................... 15 1.4.2 Prohibited Certificate Uses ............................................ 5 4.5 KEY PAIR AND CERTIFICATE USAGE ..................................... 15 1.5 POLICY ADMINISTRATION ...................................................... 5 4.5.1 Subscriber Private Key and Usage ............................... 15 1.5.1 Organization Administering the Document .................... 5 4.5.2 Relying Party Public Key and Certificate Usage.......... 15 1.5.2 Contact Person ............................................................... 5 4.6 CERTIFICATE RENEWAL ........................................................ 16 1.5.3 CPS Approval Procedure ............................................... 6 4.6.1 Circumstances for Certificate Renewal ........................ 16 1.6 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................ 6 4.6.2 Who May Request Renewal .......................................... 16 2. PUBLICATION AND REPOSITORY RESPONSIBILITIES 4.6.3 Processing Certificate Renewal Requests ..................... 16 ......................................................................................................... 6 4.6.4 Notification of New Certificate Issuance to Subscriber 16 4.6.5 Conduct Constituting Acceptance of a Renewal 2.1 REPOSITORIES ........................................................................ 6 Certificate .............................................................................. 16 2.2 PUBLICATION OF CERTIFICATE INFORMATION ........................ 6 4.6.6 Publication of the Renewal Certificate by the CA ........ 16 2.3 TIME OR FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION .................................. 7 4.6.7 Notification of Certificate Issuance by the CA to Other 2.4 ACCESS CONTROLS ON REPOSITORY ...................................... 7 Entities ................................................................................... 16 3. IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION ................... 7 4.7 CERTIFICATE RE-KEY ........................................................... 16 4.7.1 Circumstances for Re-Key ............................................ 16 3.1 NAMING ................................................................................. 7 4.7.2 Who May Request Certification of a New Public Key .. 17 3.1.1 Types of Names .............................................................. 7 4.7.3 Processing Certificate Re-Keying Requests .................. 17 3.1.2 Need for Names to be Meaningful .................................. 8 4.7.4 Notification of New Certificate Issuance to Subscriber 17 3.1.3 Anonymity or Pseudonymity of Subscribers ................... 8 4.7.5 Conduct Constituting Acceptance of a Re-Keyed 3.1.4 Rules for Interpreting Various Name Forms .................. 8 Certificate .............................................................................. 17 3.1.5 Uniqueness of Names ..................................................... 8 4.7.6 Publication of the Re-Keyed Certificate by the CA ....... 17 3.1.6 Recognition, Authentication, and Role of Trademarks .. 8 4.7.7 Notification of Certificate Issuance by the CA to Other 3.2 INITIAL IDENTITY VALIDATION .............................................. 9 Entities ................................................................................... 17 3.2.1 Method to Prove Possession of Private Key .................. 9 4.8 CERTIFICATE MODIFICATION ................................................ 17 3.2.2 Authentication of Organization Identity ......................... 9 4.8.1 Circumstances for Certificate Modification ................. 17 3.2.2.3 Authentication of Domain Name ............................... 10 4.8.2 Who May Request Certificate Modification .................. 17 3.2.3 Authentication of individual identity ............................ 10 4.8.3 Processing Certificate Modification Requests .............. 17 3.2.4 Non-Verified Subscriber Information ........................... 11 4.8.4 Notification of New Certificate Issuance to Subscriber 17 3.2.5 Validation of Authority ................................................. 11 4.8.5 Conduct Constituting Acceptance of Modified Certificate 3.2.6 Criteria for Interoperation ........................................... 11 ............................................................................................... 17 3.3 IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION FOR RE-KEY 4.8.6 Publication of the Modified Certificate by the CA ........ 18 REQUESTS .................................................................................. 11 4.8.7 Notification of Certificate Issuance by the CA to Other 3.4 IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION FOR REVOCATION Entities ................................................................................... 18 REQUEST .................................................................................... 11 4.9 CERTIFICATE REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION ....................... 18 4. CERTIFICATE LIFE-CYCLE OPERATIONS ................... 12 4.9.1 Circumstances for Revocation ...................................... 18 4.9.2 Who Can Request Revocation ....................................... 20 4.1 CERTIFICATE APPLICATION .................................................. 12 4.9.3 Procedure for Revocation Request ............................... 20 4.1.1 Who Can Submit A Certificate Application? ................ 12 4.9.4 Revocation Request Grace Period ................................ 21 4.1.2 Enrollment Process and Responsibilities ..................... 12 4.9.5 Time within Which CA Must Process the Revocation 4.2 CERTIFICATE APPLICATION PROCESSING ............................. 13 Request .................................................................................. 21 4.2.1 Performing Identification and Authentication Functions 4.9.6 Revocation Checking Requirements for Relying Parties .............................................................................................