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What is a “single-root” SSL certificate and are thawte SSL certificates chained?

April 26, 2017Certificate certificates Chained single-root SSL Thawte

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What is a “single-root” SSL certificate and are thawte SSL certificates chained?

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All thawte certificates are single root certificates. Unlike other companies which issue certificates off chained roots or license roots from third parties like Go Daddy, Comodo or Network Solutions, thawte owns the root and is not dependent on another root provider. Chained certificates tend to be seen on the low end of the SSL market and require more installation assistance than a single root cert. Plus not all browsers today support chained SSL certificates so the ubiquity is lower.