[12] RFR: 8216280: Allow later Symantec Policy distrust date for two Apple SubCAs

Sean Mullan sean.mullan at oracle.com
Wed Jan 16 19:53:39 UTC 2019


Please review this change to allow a later Symantec Policy distrust date 
for two Apple subordinate CAs.

webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mullan/webrevs/8216280/webrev.00/
bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216280

For some background, the JDK will stop trusting TLS Server certificates 
chaining back to Symantec roots, in line with similar plans announced by 
Google, Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft. The list of affected certificates 
includes certificates branded as GeoTrust, Thawte, and VeriSign, which 
were managed by Symantec. Any TLS Server certificate issued after April 
16, 2019 will be restricted. This change has already been implemented 
and is in JDK 12 (see JDK-8207258 for more info).

Apple are actively working with DigiCert on a transition plan and have 
requested a later distrust date: December 31, 2019. This later distrust 
date would only apply to TLS Server certificates issued from (or 
chaining back to) two Apple subordinate CAs: "Apple IST CA 2 - G1" and 
"Apple IST CA 8 - G1" issued by GeoTrust root CAs. Any certificate 
issued after that date will be distrusted. This change would be in line 
with other vendors such as Mozilla that have granted similar exemptions 
to these Apple subCAs.

Thanks,
Sean


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