Root certificate · Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority (GDCA)

GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT

GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT is a root CA certificate operated by Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority (GDCA) (RSA 4096, valid until 2040-12-31, SHA-256 BFFF8FD0). As of the latest CCADB data it is trusted for TLS server authentication by 4 of 4 major root stores: Chrome, Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft.

Data updated

Root store status

Root storeStatusTrusted for TLSDistrust for TLS afterConstrained
ChromeIncluded IncludedYes—No
MozillaIncluded IncludedYes—No
AppleIncluded IncludedYes—No
MicrosoftIncluded IncludedYes—Yes

Mozilla treats it as an EV root for policy OID 1.2.156.112559.1.1.6.1.

Included Chrome

Status
Included

Included Mozilla

Status
Included
Trust bits
Websites
EV policy OIDs
1.2.156.112559.1.1.6.1
First included in
NSS 3.34 / Firefox 58
Inclusion bug
#1128392

Included Apple

Status
Included
Trust bits
serverAuth, clientAuth, emailProtection

Included Microsoft

Status
Included
Trusted EKUs
Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Code Signing, Document Signing, Encrypting File System, Secure Email, Time Stamping
Not-before cutoff
2026-05-19 (Encrypting File System, Secure Email)

"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
Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))
Subject
CN=GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT,O=GUANG DONG CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY CO.\,LTD.,C=CN
SHA-256
BFFF8FD04433487D6A8AA60C1A29767A9FC2BBB05E420F713A13B992891D3893
SHA-1 (Windows thumbprint)
0F36385B811A25C39B314E83CAE9346670CC74B4
SPKI SHA-256
CEB19411C65052C757F941EB826C96941E4D08D096C7DB7E7EA3C4F8C13F1A13
Valid from
2014-11-26
Expires
2040-12-31
Key
RSA 4096
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRSAEncryption
Serial number
7D0997FEF047EA7A
Country
CN
Trust bits (CCADB)
Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Code Signing, Document Signing, Secure Email, Time Stamping
EV policy OIDs (CCADB)
1.2.156.112559.1.1.6.1, 2.23.140.1.1, 2.23.140.1.3, 1.2.156.112559.1.1.7.1 · TLS EV capable: Yes
Test websites
valid: https://ev-ssl-test-1.95105813.cn/ · expired: https://ev-ssl-test-3.95105813.cn/ · revoked: https://ev-ssl-test-2.95105813.cn/
CCADB record
A002357
PEM
gdca-trustauth-r5-root.pem

Look up this certificate on crt.sh

Intermediate CAs issued by this root

The CCADB lists 22 intermediate CA certificates signed directly by GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT: 3 currently valid, 0 expired and 19 revoked (revoked includes those whose parent was revoked).

Showing 20 of 22: 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
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 EV SSL CA2 Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2029-10-31Valid
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 DV SSL CA2 Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2029-10-31Valid
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 OV SSL CA2 Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2029-10-31Valid
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 OV SSL CA2 Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2036-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 EV SSL CA2 Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2036-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 DV SSL CA2 Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2036-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 CodeSigning CA2 Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2040-02-10Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 TimeStamp CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2035-12-31Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 Plus EV CodeSigning CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2035-12-31Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 EV CodeSigning CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 Generic CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 CodeSigning CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 EV SSL CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 OV SSL CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 IV SSL CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 DV SSL CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 Primer CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 Extended Validation CodeSigning CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 Generic CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked
GDCA TrustAUTH R4 Extended Validation SSL CA Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))2030-12-30Revoked

Cross-signed versions

No certificate in the CCADB has the same subject and public key as GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT with a different issuer, so a client has to carry GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT itself in its root store to trust it.

CRL and OCSP addresses

In the root certificate

GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT 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.gdca.com.cn/crl/GDCA_TrustAUTH_R5_ROOT.crl

Used by the intermediates it issued

Addresses found in the CRL Distribution Points and OCSP fields of the 3 valid intermediates signed by GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT; the number in brackets is how many of them use each address.

  • CRL: http://crl.gdca.com.cn/crl/GDCA_TrustAUTH_R5_ROOT.crl (3)
  • OCSP: http://ocsp2.gdca.com.cn/ocsp (3)

What happens when it expires

GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT is valid until 2040-12-31, about 14.1 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 GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT by common name (GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT) 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 "GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT" -Z \
  /System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain | grep "SHA-256"
# SHA-256 hash: BFFF8FD04433487D6A8AA60C1A29767A9FC2BBB05E420F713A13B992891D3893

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 0F36385B811A25C39B314E83CAE9346670CC74B4

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 "GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT"
# Debian / Ubuntu (ca-certificates)
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
  | openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -noout | grep -iF "GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT"

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 "BF:FF:8F:D0:44:33:48:7D:6A:8A:A6:0C:1A:29:76:7A:9F:C2:BB:B0:5E:42:0F:71:3A:13:B9:92:89:1D:38:93"

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 GUANG DONG CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY CO.,LTD. → GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT.

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 gdca-trustauth-r5-root.pem -noout -subject -fingerprint -sha256
# sha256 Fingerprint=BF:FF:8F:D0:44:33:48:7D:6A:8A:A6:0C:1A:29:76:7A:9F:C2:BB:B0:5E:42:0F:71:3A:13:B9:92:89:1D:38:93

FAQ

Is GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT trusted by Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Windows?

Yes. As of 2026-11-10, Chrome, Mozilla (Firefox), Apple (Safari) and Microsoft (Windows) all trust it for TLS server authentication.

When does GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT expire?

On 2040-12-31, about 14.1 years after the 2026-11-10 data snapshot.

How many intermediate certificates has GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT issued?

The CCADB lists 22: 3 valid, 0 expired and 19 revoked. The newest valid one is GDCA TrustAUTH R4 EV SSL CA2, valid until 2029-10-31.

Is GDCA TrustAUTH R5 ROOT cross-signed?

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

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