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Root Store OwnerPrimary LinkOther Links
Adobehttp://www.adobe.com/security/approved-trust-list.htm
MozillaOverview of All CA-Related Mozilla DocumentationMozilla’s CA Certificate Policy, How To Apply
MicrosoftMicrosoft Root ProgramRoot Program Updates
Googlehttps://g.co/chrome/root-policy
Opera*
Applehttps://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/ca_program.htmlhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT5012http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6005
Oraclehttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/javasecarootcertsprogram-1876540.html

* Opera Software had a root store program until fall 2013. Opera 14+ will use the root store provided by the OS and the list of EV-enabled roots maintained by Google. Opera < 12 use Opera’s online root store, hereafter based on NSS by Mozilla. To get certificates accepted by Opera, apply to the above-mentioned root store programs for the relevant OS. (Based on visit to http://www.opera.com/docs/ca/)

Roots in NSS are listed here – https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/security-group/certs/included/ and here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ah-tHXMAwqU3dGx0cGFObG9QM192NFM4UWNBMlBaekE&single=true&gid=1&output=html

Resources
Latest releases
Server Certificate Requirements
SC100: DNSSEC Clarification and Consolidation - Sep 7, 2026

Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed CSC-25: Import EV Guidelines to CS Baseline Requirements by @dzacharo in https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/38 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.16 - Ballot SMC018 - Sep 29, 2026

This ballot implements the requirements of CCADB Policy Section 6.3 relating to cross-certificates into the S/MIME BR effective immediately. The ballot also specifies that effective July 1, 2027 id-kp-emailProtection (mandatory) and the id-kp-clientAuth (optional) are the only extKeyUsage (EKU) permitted in both Subordinate CA Certificates and Subscriber Certificates. Finally, the ballot clarifies in the Definitions that Legacy Generation profiles were deprecated effective July 15, 2025. This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Dustin Hollinback (Apple) and Ashish Dhiman (GlobalSign)

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
Version 2.0.5 (Ballot NS-008) - Jul 9, 2025

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