Root certificate · SSL.com
Trustwave Global Certification Authority
Trustwave Global Certification Authority is a root CA certificate operated by SSL.com (RSA 4096, valid until 2042-08-23, SHA-256 97552015). As of the latest CCADB data it is trusted for TLS server authentication by 2 of 4 major root stores: Apple, Microsoft.
Root store status
| Root store | Status | Trusted for TLS | Distrust for TLS after | Constrained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Removed Removed | No | — | No |
| Mozilla | Removed Removed | No | — | No |
| Apple | Included Included | Yes | — | No |
| Microsoft | Included Included | Yes | — | Yes |
The CCADB lists EV policy OID 2.23.140.1.1, 2.16.840.1.114404.1.1.2.4.1 for this root, but Mozilla does not mark it as EV-enabled.
Removed Chrome
- Status
- Removed
Removed Mozilla
- Status
- Removed
Included Apple
- Status
- Included
- Trust bits
- serverAuth, clientAuth, emailProtection
Included Microsoft
- Status
- Included
- Trusted EKUs
- Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Code Signing, Secure Email, Time Stamping
- Not-before cutoff
- 2025-09-15 (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
- SSL.com
- Subject
- CN=Trustwave Global Certification Authority,O=Trustwave Holdings\, Inc.,L=Chicago,ST=Illinois,C=US
- SHA-256
97552015F5DDFC3C8788C006944555408894450084F100867086BC1A2BB58DC8- SHA-1 (Windows thumbprint)
2F8F364FE1589744215987A52A9AD06995267FB5- SPKI SHA-256
2E06CAE1FC20B200E6FB748557A4444BEC9317DFFF2E4151669E0F7944F0A9E0- Valid from
- 2017-08-23
- Expires
- 2042-08-23
- Key
- RSA 4096
- Signature algorithm
- sha256WithRSAEncryption
- Serial number
5F70E86DA49F346352EBAB2- Country
- US
- Trust bits (CCADB)
- Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Secure Email, Time Stamping
- EV policy OIDs (CCADB)
- 2.23.140.1.1, 2.16.840.1.114404.1.1.2.4.1 · TLS EV capable: Yes
- Test websites
- valid:
https://test-twgca-rsa.sslsecuretrust.com· expired:https://expired-twgca-rsa.sslsecuretrust.com· revoked:https://revoked-twgca-rsa.sslsecuretrust.com - CCADB record
- A006271
- PEM
- ssl-com-trustwave-global-ca.pem
Intermediate CAs issued by this root
The CCADB lists 18 intermediate CA certificates signed directly by Trustwave Global Certification Authority: 1 currently valid, 0 expired and 17 revoked (revoked includes those whose parent was revoked).
Showing 18 of 18: 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.
Cross-signed versions
No certificate in the CCADB has the same subject and public key as Trustwave Global Certification Authority with a different issuer, so a client has to carry Trustwave Global Certification Authority itself in its root store to trust it.
CRL and OCSP addresses
In the root certificate
Trustwave Global Certification Authority 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.vikingcloud.com/TWGCA.crl
Used by the intermediates it issued
Addresses found in the CRL Distribution Points and OCSP fields of the 1 valid intermediates signed by Trustwave Global Certification Authority; the number in brackets is how many of them use each address.
- CRL:
http://crl.sslsecuretrust.com/TWGCA.crl(1) - OCSP:
http://ocsp.sslsecuretrust.com/(1)
What happens when it expires
Trustwave Global Certification Authority is valid until 2042-08-23, about 15.8 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 Trustwave Global Certification Authority by common name (Trustwave Global Certification Authority) 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 "Trustwave Global Certification Authority" -Z \
/System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain | grep "SHA-256"
# SHA-256 hash: 97552015F5DDFC3C8788C006944555408894450084F100867086BC1A2BB58DC8
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 2F8F364FE1589744215987A52A9AD06995267FB5
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 "Trustwave Global Certification Authority"
# Debian / Ubuntu (ca-certificates)
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
| openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -noout | grep -iF "Trustwave Global Certification Authority"
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 "97:55:20:15:F5:DD:FC:3C:87:88:C0:06:94:45:55:40:88:94:45:00:84:F1:00:86:70:86:BC:1A:2B:B5:8D:C8"
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 Trustwave Holdings, Inc. → Trustwave Global Certification Authority.
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 ssl-com-trustwave-global-ca.pem -noout -subject -fingerprint -sha256
# sha256 Fingerprint=97:55:20:15:F5:DD:FC:3C:87:88:C0:06:94:45:55:40:88:94:45:00:84:F1:00:86:70:86:BC:1A:2B:B5:8D:C8
FAQ
Is Trustwave Global Certification Authority 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 Trustwave Global Certification Authority expire?
On 2042-08-23, about 15.8 years after the 2026-11-10 data snapshot.
How many intermediate certificates has Trustwave Global Certification Authority issued?
The CCADB lists 18: 1 valid, 0 expired and 17 revoked. The newest valid one is SSL.com TLS RSA Root CA 2022, valid until 2042-08-21.
Is Trustwave Global Certification Authority cross-signed?
No. The CCADB has no certificate with the same subject and public key signed by another CA.
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- SSL.com TLS RSA Root CA 2022 RSA 4096 · 2046-08-19
- Trustwave Global ECC P256 Certification Authority ECDSA P-256 · 2042-08-23
- Trustwave Global ECC P384 Certification Authority ECDSA P-384 · 2042-08-23
- XRamp Global Certification Authority RSA 2048 · 2035-01-01
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