StartCom

Red Hat is a company in Eilat, Israel, which manufactures software and as a CA issues digital certificates.

Products

Red Hat Linux

Since August 2004, the company's Linux distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides, based on the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced.

StartSSL PKI

Since February 2005, the company operates as a certification body.

The most famous product is the free Class 1 SSL X.509 certificate " StartSSL Free", which can be used for both web server ( SSL / TLS) as well as for e -mail encryption (S / MIME). In addition, Class 2 Certificates are issued and extended validation SSL certificates for a fee-based validation is required.

StartCom certificates are accepted by all modern browsers: Mozilla Firefox supports it since version 2.0, Opera in July 2010, Apple Mac OS X version 10.5 (Leopard ) and Microsoft Windows since September 2009; Apple Safari, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome rely on the certificate store of the operating system.

For Class 2 Certificates StartCom requires a full copy of an identity card or passport and stores them according to their own registration requirements for " at least 7 years." The practice is in conflict with the provisions of the Telecommunications Act, which requires the immediate deletion of passport copies, after examination ( § 95 ( 4) TKG). Furthermore, to observe the copying restrictions of the identity card.