Comment 175 for bug 232340

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In , Finlay-dobbie (finlay-dobbie) wrote :

(In reply to comment #136)
> So I don't see a difference there to the StartCom procedure except that the
> individual is called "CEO". But according to a German news site
> (http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/73850) Mozilla seems to trust this
> procedure (bug 338552).

From bug 289077, StartCom has undergone a 3rd party audit showing it adheres to the relevant criteria. As far as I am aware, CACert has still not undergone such an audit. Frank Hecker has stated this as the current hold-up.