thawte root certificates

Thawte Root Certificates are used for issuing SSL/TLS, CodeSigning, S/MIME, and Client certificates.

All roots on this page are covered in our Certification Practice Statement (CPS).

Licensing and Use of Root Certificates
You may download, use and distribute the Root Certificates only under the terms of the Root Certificate License Agreement (PDF). There is no charge for use under these terms and You are not required to sign the agreement to make use of the Root Certificates. If You require a signed agreement per your company policy, please provide the information requested in the agreement and email a signed copy to dl-tss-root@digicert.com. You will receive a counter-signed copy for your records. To learn more or buy Thawte TLS/SSL, visit our TLS/SSL product page.

DISCLAIMER: ROOT CERTIFICATES, AND ANY UPDATES, ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS” WITH NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.

Active Roots
Thawte Primary Root CA Subject DN: C=US, O=thawte, Inc., OU=Certification Services Division, OU=(c) 2006 thawte, Inc. - For authorized use only, CN=thawte Primary Root CA
Operational Start Date: Nov 17 00:00:00 2006 GMT
Operational End Date: Jul 16 23:59:59 2036 GMT
Key Size: 2048 bit
Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 34 4e d5 57 20 d5 ed ec 49 f4 2f ce 37 db 2b 6d
SHA-1 Thumbprint: 91 C6 D6 EE 3E 8A C8 63 84 E5 48 C2 99 29 5C 75 6C 81 7B 81
Hierarchy: Public TLS / SSL
Test Site: https://ssltest7.bbtest.net
Root Download Link: https://www.thawte.com/roots/thawte_Primary_Root_CA.pem
Thawte Primary Root CA - G2 Subject DN: C=US, O=thawte, Inc., OU=(c) 2007 thawte, Inc. - For authorized use only, CN=thawte Primary Root CA - G2
Operational Start Date: Nov 5 00:00:00 2007 GMT
Operational End Date: Jan 18 23:59:59 2038 GMT
Key Size: 384 bit
Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA384
Serial Number: 35 fc 26 5c d9 84 4f c9 3d 26 3d 57 9b ae d7 56
SHA-1 Thumbprint: AA DB BC 22 23 8F C4 01 A1 27 BB 38 DD F4 1D DB 08 9E F0 12
Hierarchy: Public TLS / SSL
Test Site: https://ssltest40.ssl.symclab.com/
Root Download Link: https://www.thawte.com/roots/thawte_Primary_Root_CA-G2_ECC.pem
Thawte Primary Root CA - G3 Subject DN: C=US, O=thawte, Inc., OU=Certification Services Division, OU=(c) 2008 thawte, Inc. - For authorized use only, CN=thawte Primary Root CA - G3
Operational Start Date: Apr 2 00:00:00 2008 GMT
Operational End Date: Dec 1 23:59:59 2037 GMT
Key Size: 2048 bit
Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 60 01 97 b7 46 a7 ea b4 b4 9a d6 4b 2f f7 90 fb
SHA-1 Thumbprint: F1 8B 53 8D 1B E9 03 B6 A6 F0 56 43 5B 17 15 89 CA F3 6B F2
Hierarchy: Public TLS / SSL
Test Site: https://ssltest8.bbtest.net
Root Download Link: https://www.thawte.com/roots/thawte_Primary_Root_CA-G3_SHA256.pem
Thawte Primary Root CA - G4 Subject DN: C=US, O=thawte, Inc., OU=Certification Services Division, OU=(c) 2012 thawte, Inc. - For authorized use only, CN=thawte Primary Root CA - G4
Operational Start Date: Oct 15 00:00:00 2012 GMT
Operational End Date: Dec 1 23:59:59 2037 GMT
Key Size: 3072 bit
Signature Algorithm: dsa_with_SHA256
Serial Number: 2e 4f f4 bc 24 1f d1 96 7f 1f dd a4 4f fb 65 fe
SHA-1 Thumbprint: FA 7C FB B2 47 42 77 63 43 1B 7E 6D 75 81 2A 49 CC 8D 30 E4
Hierarchy: Public TLS / SSL
Test Site: https://ssltest41.ssl.symclab.com
Root Download Link: https://www.thawte.com/roots/thawte_Primary_Root_CA-G4_DSA.pem
Thawte Timestamping CA Subject DN: C=ZA, ST=Western Cape, L=Durbanville, O=Thawte, OU=Thawte Certification, CN=Thawte Timestamping CA
Operational Start Date: Jan 1 00:00:00 1997 GMT
Operational End Date: Jan 1 23:59:59 2021 GMT
Key Size: 1024 bit
Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 67 c8 e1 e8 e3 be 1c bd fc 91 3b 8e a6 23 87 49
SHA-1 Thumbprint: 20 CE B1 F0 F5 1C 0E 19 A9 F3 8D B1 AA 8E 03 8C AA 7A C7 01
Root Download Link: https://www.thawte.com/roots/Thawte_Timestamping_CA.pem

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