> -----Original Message----- > From: Gerv > Subject: Re: Francisco Partners acquires Comodo certificate authority business > > On 31/10/17 13:21, Kyle Hamilton wrote: > > http://www.eweek.com/security/francisco-partners-acquires-comodo-s- > certificate-authority-business > > Comodo notified Mozilla of this impending acquisition privately in > advance, and requested confidentiality, which we granted. Now that the > acquisition is public, it is reasonable for the community to have a > discussion about the implications for Mozilla's trust of Comodo, if any.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171031005584/en/Francisco-Partners-A nnounces-Acquisition-Comodo%E2%80%99s-Certificate-Authority We can confirm that a majority stake in Comodo CA Ltd. has been acquired by Francisco Partners. The deal has closed, i.e. the transaction is complete. We are conscious of the requirements of section 8 of the Mozilla Root Store Policy. As you have seen from the announcement, we have a new CEO and new Chairman who have prior experience in managing a trusted CA organization. There are to be no resultant changes to our CPS, our operations, our business policies or procedures, or the secure locations from which we operate our CA infrastructure. The operational personnel in Comodo CA Limited will not change. The certificate validation teams will remain unchanged. Regards Robin Alden & Rob Stradling Comodo CA Ltd. _______________________________________________ dev-security-policy mailing list dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy
