Root certificate · certSIGN

certSIGN ROOT CA

certSIGN ROOT CA is a root CA certificate operated by certSIGN (RSA 2048, valid until 2031-07-04, SHA-256 EAA962C4). As of the latest CCADB data it is trusted for TLS server authentication by 2 of 4 major root stores: Apple, Microsoft.

Data updated

Root store status

Root storeStatusTrusted for TLSDistrust for TLS afterConstrained
ChromeRemoved RemovedNo—No
MozillaRemoved RemovedNo—No
AppleIncluded IncludedYes—No
MicrosoftIncluded (NotBefore cutoff) Included (NotBefore cutoff)Yes—Yes

The CCADB lists no EV policy OID for certSIGN ROOT CA.

Removed Chrome

Status
Removed

Removed Mozilla

Status
Removed

Included Apple

Status
Included
Trust bits
serverAuth, clientAuth, emailProtection

Included (NotBefore cutoff) Microsoft

Status
Included (NotBefore cutoff)
Trusted EKUs
Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Code Signing, Encrypting File System, IP Security Tunnel Termination, IP Security User, Secure Email, Time Stamping

"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
certSIGN
Subject
OU=certSIGN ROOT CA,O=certSIGN,C=RO
SHA-256
EAA962C4FA4A6BAFEBE415196D351CCD888D4F53F3FA8AE6D7C466A94E6042BB
SHA-1 (Windows thumbprint)
FAB7EE36972662FB2DB02AF6BF03FDE87C4B2F9B
SPKI SHA-256
DBC1E3A15238A0483BCDB8FDEC616E03E705A48E2A501157CADF3B9C7311C5E5
Valid from
2006-07-04
Expires
2031-07-04
Key
RSA 2048
Signature algorithm
sha1WithRSAEncryption
Serial number
200605167002
Country
RO
Trust bits (CCADB)
Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Secure Email
EV policy OIDs (CCADB)
not EV-enabled · TLS EV capable: No
Test websites
valid: https://testssl-valid.certsign.ro/ · expired: https://testssl-expired.certsign.ro/ · revoked: https://testssl-revoked.certsign.ro/
CCADB record
A000100
PEM
certsign-root-ca.pem

Look up this certificate on crt.sh

Intermediate CAs issued by this root

The CCADB lists 16 intermediate CA certificates signed directly by certSIGN ROOT CA: 0 currently valid, 13 expired and 3 revoked (revoked includes those whose parent was revoked).

Showing 16 of 16: 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.

IntermediateOperated byExpiresStatus
certSIGN Web CA certSIGN2026-04-18Expired
CERTSIGN FOR BANKING SIMPLE SSL PRODUCTION CA V3 certSIGN2025-09-10Expired
CERTSIGN FOR BANKING QUALIFIED DS PRODUCTION CA V3 certSIGN2025-09-10Expired
certSIGN Qualified CA Class 3 G2 certSIGN2025-06-10Expired
certSIGN CA Class 2 G2 certSIGN2025-06-10Expired
certSIGN Non-Repudiation CA Class 4 G2 certSIGN2025-06-10Expired
certSIGN Enterprise CA Class 3 G2 certSIGN2025-04-29Expired
CERTSIGN FOR BANKING SIMPLE SSL TEST CA V3 certSIGN2025-04-29Expired
CERTSIGN FOR BANKING QUALIFIED DS TEST CA V3 certSIGN2025-04-29Expired
CERTSIGN FOR BANKING SIMPLE SSL PRODUCTION CA certSIGN2017-07-10Expired
CERTSIGN FOR BANKING QUALIFIED DS PRODUCTION CA certSIGN2017-07-10Expired
CERTSIGN FOR BANKING QUALIFIED DS TEST CA certSIGN2017-06-01Expired
CERTSIGN FOR BANKING SIMPLE SSL TEST CA certSIGN2017-06-01Expired
certSIGN SSL DV CA Class 3 G2 certSIGN2028-01-30Revoked
certSIGN SSL EV CA Class 3 G2 certSIGN2028-01-30Revoked
certSIGN Code Signing CA Class 3 G2 certSIGN2026-01-26Revoked

Cross-signed versions

No certificate in the CCADB has the same subject and public key as certSIGN ROOT CA with a different issuer, so a client has to carry certSIGN ROOT CA itself in its root store to trust it.

CRL and OCSP addresses

In the root certificate

certSIGN ROOT CA 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.certsign.ro/root.crl

What happens when it expires

certSIGN ROOT CA is valid until 2031-07-04, about 4.6 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 certSIGN ROOT CA by common name (certSIGN ROOT CA) 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 "certSIGN ROOT CA" -Z \
  /System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain | grep "SHA-256"
# SHA-256 hash: EAA962C4FA4A6BAFEBE415196D351CCD888D4F53F3FA8AE6D7C466A94E6042BB

Windows (Microsoft store: Included (NotBefore cutoff) · 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 FAB7EE36972662FB2DB02AF6BF03FDE87C4B2F9B

Linux (ca-certificates follows Mozilla: Removed)

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 "certSIGN ROOT CA"
# Debian / Ubuntu (ca-certificates)
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
  | openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -noout | grep -iF "certSIGN ROOT CA"

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 "EA:A9:62:C4:FA:4A:6B:AF:EB:E4:15:19:6D:35:1C:CD:88:8D:4F:53:F3:FA:8A:E6:D7:C4:66:A9:4E:60:42:BB"

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 certSIGN → certSIGN ROOT CA.

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.

Download PEM

# 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 certsign-root-ca.pem -noout -subject -fingerprint -sha256
# sha256 Fingerprint=EA:A9:62:C4:FA:4A:6B:AF:EB:E4:15:19:6D:35:1C:CD:88:8D:4F:53:F3:FA:8A:E6:D7:C4:66:A9:4E:60:42:BB

FAQ

Is certSIGN ROOT CA trusted by Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Windows?

As of 2026-11-10, Apple, Microsoft trust it for TLS server authentication; Chrome, Mozilla do not.

When does certSIGN ROOT CA expire?

On 2031-07-04, about 4.6 years after the 2026-11-10 data snapshot.

How many intermediate certificates has certSIGN ROOT CA issued?

The CCADB lists 16: 0 valid, 13 expired and 3 revoked.

Is certSIGN ROOT CA cross-signed?

No. The CCADB has no certificate with the same subject and public key signed by another CA.

Other roots from certSIGN

Sources

  1. CCADB — Resources (TLS Server Authentication report, All Included Root Certificate Trust Bit Settings)
  2. CCADB — All Certificate Information (root and intermediate), CSV V5
  3. CCADB — Mozilla Included CA Certificate Report
  4. CCADB — Chrome / Mozilla / Apple / Microsoft TLS Server Authentication CSV