Building a certificate authority for the whole Internet

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The existing GlobalSign root has been trusted across browsers, operating systems, and devices since 2012, and it reaches older clients that a fresh root never will. The established root gives us reach across the devices of the past. Much of the Internet will continue to rely on classic certificates and existing WebPKI for many more years.

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