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Clarified that re-issued root certificates also still need to go through the evaluation/approval/inclusion process. And re-organized the top part of this section.
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(Clarified that re-issued root certificates also still need to go through the evaluation/approval/inclusion process. And re-organized the top part of this section.) |
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= Process Overview = | = Process Overview = | ||
This process is used to request any of the following: | |||
* Include a new root certificate, even if the CA already has root certificates included in Mozilla's root store | |||
* Include a renewed version or re-issued version of an already-included root certificate | |||
* Enable EV treatment for an already-included root certificate | |||
* Turn on additional trust bits for an already-included root certificate | |||
Approval of one root certificate does '''not''' imply that other root certificates owned by the same CA would be accepted. | |||
It typically takes up to '''two years''' for a new CA to make it from one end of the process to the other. If the CA does not provide requested information in a timely manner, then the application will take even longer, or be cancelled. | It typically takes up to '''two years''' for a new CA to make it from one end of the process to the other. If the CA does not provide requested information in a timely manner, then the application will take even longer, or be cancelled. | ||
The overall steps of the CA certificate inclusion and update process are as follows. There are [[CA/Bug_Triage#Root_Inclusion.2FChange_requests_and_EV_Treatment_Enablement_Requests|Bugzilla Bug Whiteboard tags]] corresponding to many of these steps. | The overall steps of the CA certificate inclusion and update process are as follows. There are [[CA/Bug_Triage#Root_Inclusion.2FChange_requests_and_EV_Treatment_Enablement_Requests|Bugzilla Bug Whiteboard tags]] corresponding to many of these steps. | ||