Root certificate · Amazon Trust Services
Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2
Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 is a root CA certificate operated by Amazon Trust Services (RSA 2048, valid until 2037-12-31, SHA-256 568D6905). As of the latest CCADB data it is trusted for TLS server authentication by 3 of 4 major root stores: Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft.
Root store status
| Root store | Status | Trusted for TLS | Distrust for TLS after | Constrained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Removed Removed | No | — | No |
| Mozilla | Included Included | Yes | — | No |
| Apple | Included Included | Yes | — | Yes |
| Microsoft | Included Included | Yes | — | Yes |
The CCADB lists EV policy OID 2.23.140.1.1, 2.16.840.1.114414.1.7.24.3 for this root, but Mozilla does not mark it as EV-enabled.
Removed Chrome
- Status
- Removed
Included Mozilla
- Status
- Included
- Trust bits
- Websites
- EV policy OIDs
- not EV-enabled
- First included in
- NSS 3.12.10 / Firefox 6.0
- Inclusion bug
- #1172401
Included Apple
- Status
- Included
- Trust bits
- serverAuth, clientAuth
- Allowed policies
- Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Code Signing, Timestamp Signing
Included Microsoft
- Status
- Included
- Trusted EKUs
- Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Code Signing, Encrypting File System, IP Security Tunnel Termination, IP Security User, Secure Email, Time Stamping
- Not-before cutoff
- 2021-08-01 (Code Signing)
"Trusted for TLS" means the store includes the root with the server-authentication trust bit (Mozilla "Websites", Apple serverAuth, Microsoft Server Authentication EKU). Microsoft "NotBefore" means only certificates issued before a cutoff date are still trusted. "Constrained" means the store applies extra restrictions.
Details
- CA owner
- Amazon Trust Services
- Subject
- CN=Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2,O=Starfield Technologies\, Inc.,L=Scottsdale,ST=Arizona,C=US
- SHA-256
568D6905A2C88708A4B3025190EDCFEDB1974A606A13C6E5290FCB2AE63EDAB5- SHA-1 (Windows thumbprint)
925A8F8D2C6D04E0665F596AFF22D863E8256F3F- SPKI SHA-256
2B071C59A0A0AE76B0EADB2BAD23BAD4580B69C3601B630C2EAF0613AFA83F92- Valid from
- 2009-09-01
- Expires
- 2037-12-31
- Key
- RSA 2048
- Signature algorithm
- sha256WithRSAEncryption
- Serial number
0- Country
- US
- Trust bits (CCADB)
- Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Secure Email, Encrypting File System, Time Stamping, IP Security Tunnel Termination, IP Security User
- EV policy OIDs (CCADB)
- 2.23.140.1.1, 2.16.840.1.114414.1.7.24.3 · TLS EV capable: Yes
- Test websites
- valid:
https://good.sca0a.amazontrust.com/· expired:https://expired.sca0a.amazontrust.com/· revoked:https://revoked.sca0a.amazontrust.com/ - CCADB record
- A000195
- PEM
- amazon-starfield-services-root-ca-g2.pem
Intermediate CAs issued by this root
The CCADB lists 10 intermediate CA certificates signed directly by Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2: 8 currently valid, 0 expired and 2 revoked (revoked includes those whose parent was revoked).
Showing 10 of 10: valid certificates first, newest first. Each name links to its crt.sh entry by SHA-256; an arrow marks a cross-certificate for another root on this site.
| Intermediate | Operated by | Expires | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon SFG2 N2 ECDSA 256 Root M1 | Amazon Trust Services | 2037-12-30 | Valid |
| Amazon SFG2 N2 RSA 2048 Root M1 | Amazon Trust Services | 2037-12-30 | Valid |
| Amazon SFG2 N2 ECDSA 384 Root M1 | Amazon Trust Services | 2037-12-30 | Valid |
| Amazon Root CA 1 → Amazon Root CA 1 | Amazon Trust Services | 2037-12-31 | Valid |
| Amazon Root CA 2 → Amazon Root CA 2 | Amazon Trust Services | 2037-12-31 | Valid |
| Amazon Root CA 1 → Amazon Root CA 1 | Amazon Trust Services | 2037-12-31 | Valid |
| Amazon Root CA 4 → Amazon Root CA 4 | Amazon Trust Services | 2037-12-31 | Valid |
| Amazon Root CA 3 → Amazon Root CA 3 | Amazon Trust Services | 2037-12-31 | Valid |
| Amazon | Amazon | 2025-10-19 | Revoked |
| Amazon | Amazon Trust Services | 2040-10-21 | Revoked |
Cross-signed versions
2 certificate(s) in the CCADB have the same subject and public key as Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 but a different issuer. A server can send one of them so that clients which trust the issuing root, but not Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2, can still build a chain.
| Signed by | CA owner | Expires | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority crt.sh | GoDaddy | 2034-06-28 | Valid |
| Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority crt.sh | GoDaddy | 2034-06-28 | Valid |
CRL and OCSP addresses
In the root certificate
Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 itself contains no CRL Distribution Points and no OCSP (Authority Information Access) extension. That is normal for a root: clients trust it directly and do not check its own revocation status.
Full CRL this CA publishes (CCADB)
http://crl.rootg2.amazontrust.com/rootg2.crl
Used by the intermediates it issued
Addresses found in the CRL Distribution Points and OCSP fields of the 8 valid intermediates signed by Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2; the number in brackets is how many of them use each address.
- CRL:
http://crl.rootg2.amazontrust.com/rootg2.crl(8) - OCSP:
http://ocsp.rootg2.amazontrust.com(8)
What happens when it expires
Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 is valid until 2037-12-31, about 11.1 years after this data snapshot (2026-11-10). From that day, browsers and operating systems that check trust-anchor expiry stop accepting chains that end at this root, so any certificate that can only chain to it fails validation. Android is a known exception: it does not enforce the expiry date of trust anchors.
Check whether your device trusts it
Each platform keeps its own root store. The commands below look up Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 by common name (Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2) or fingerprint. The store status in each heading comes from the CCADB snapshot; your device can differ if it is out of date or managed by an administrator.
macOS (Apple store: Included · Trusted for TLS)
Search the system roots keychain by common name. -Z prints the SHA-256 hash, which must match the fingerprint on the last line.
security find-certificate -a -c "Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2" -Z \
/System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain | grep "SHA-256"
# SHA-256 hash: 568D6905A2C88708A4B3025190EDCFEDB1974A606A13C6E5290FCB2AE63EDAB5
Windows (Microsoft store: Included · Trusted for TLS)
Windows identifies roots by SHA-1 thumbprint. It installs third-party roots on demand through Automatic Root Certificates Update, so "not found" can also mean the root has not been needed yet; certutil -generateSSTFromWU roots.sst downloads Microsoft's full list.
certutil -verifystore Root 925A8F8D2C6D04E0665F596AFF22D863E8256F3F
Linux (ca-certificates follows Mozilla: Included · Trusted for TLS)
Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and RHEL build their ca-certificates package from Mozilla's root store. Use trust list on p11-kit systems, or search the PEM bundle on Debian and Ubuntu.
# Fedora / RHEL / Arch (p11-kit)
trust list --filter=ca-anchors | grep -iF -A2 "Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2"
# Debian / Ubuntu (ca-certificates)
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
| openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -noout | grep -iF "Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2"
Java
Java ships its own cacerts keystore; JDK 9 and later accept -cacerts and the default store password is changeit. Search for the SHA-256 fingerprint in colon form.
keytool -list -cacerts -storepass changeit | grep -i "56:8D:69:05:A2:C8:87:08:A4:B3:02:51:90:ED:CF:ED:B1:97:4A:60:6A:13:C6:E5:29:0F:CB:2A:E6:3E:DA:B5"
Android
Android's system store is maintained by Google separately from the four CCADB stores above. Open Settings → Security & privacy → More security settings → Encryption & credentials → Trusted credentials → System (menu names vary by vendor and version) and look for Starfield Technologies, Inc. → Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2.
Which root does my site chain to?
List the chain your server sends and compare the last issuer with this root; the fingerprint check confirms a local copy.
# show subject (s:) and issuer (i:) of every certificate the server sends
openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 -servername example.com -showcerts </dev/null 2>/dev/null \
| grep -E '^ *[0-9]+ s:|^ *i:'
# subject and SHA-256 fingerprint of the downloaded PEM file
openssl x509 -in amazon-starfield-services-root-ca-g2.pem -noout -subject -fingerprint -sha256
# sha256 Fingerprint=56:8D:69:05:A2:C8:87:08:A4:B3:02:51:90:ED:CF:ED:B1:97:4A:60:6A:13:C6:E5:29:0F:CB:2A:E6:3E:DA:B5
FAQ
Is Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 trusted by Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Windows?
As of 2026-11-10, Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft trust it for TLS server authentication; Chrome do not.
When does Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 expire?
On 2037-12-31, about 11.1 years after the 2026-11-10 data snapshot.
How many intermediate certificates has Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 issued?
The CCADB lists 10: 8 valid, 0 expired and 2 revoked. The newest valid one is Amazon SFG2 N2 ECDSA 256 Root M1, valid until 2037-12-30.
Is Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 cross-signed?
Yes. The CCADB has 2 cross-certificate(s) with its subject and key, signed by Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority; 2 of them are still valid.
Other roots from Amazon Trust Services
- Amazon Root CA 1 RSA 2048 · 2038-01-17
- Amazon Root CA 2 RSA 4096 · 2040-05-26
- Amazon Root CA 3 ECDSA P-256 · 2040-05-26
- Amazon Root CA 4 ECDSA P-384 · 2040-05-26
Sources
- CCADB — Resources (TLS Server Authentication report, All Included Root Certificate Trust Bit Settings)
- CCADB — All Certificate Information (root and intermediate), CSV V5
- CCADB — Mozilla Included CA Certificate Report
- CCADB — Chrome / Mozilla / Apple / Microsoft TLS Server Authentication CSV