The G2 root identified by Peter is 2048-bit.

-- Eric
On Dec 12, 2015 7:56 PM, "Yuhong Bao" <yuhongbao_...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I think this and most of the other 1024-bit roots was removed or
> restricted to email in Mozilla some time ago (last remaining one is
> Equifax). They had been consider obsolete for a long time.
>
> > Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 00:41:45 +0100
> > From: k...@roeckx.be
> > To: mozilla-dev-security-pol...@lists.mozilla.org
> > Subject: Remove trust of Symantec's Class 3 Public Primary
> Certification      Authority?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > It seems that Symantec will stop using the "VeriSign G1" root
> > certificate. In the announcement[1] they say: "Browsers may
> > remove TLS/SSL support for certificates issued from these roots."
> >
> > The name of the certificate seems to be "Class 3 Public Primary
> > Certification Authority".
> >
> > It seems google plans[2] to remove the TLS trust bits, and distrut
> > it instead.
> >
> > The announcement says that it's also used for code signing, but
> > it's not clear that it's still going to be used for that or not.
> >
> > Should Mozilla follow and disable the TLS trust bits? Add it to
> > the distrusted list?
> >
> >
> > Kurt
> >
> > [1]:
> https://knowledge.symantec.com/support/ssl-certificates-support/index?page=content&id=ALERT1941&actp=LIST&viewlocale=en_US
> > [2]:
> https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.be/2015/12/proactive-measures-in-digital.html
> >
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