thawte root certificates

Thawte Root Certificates are used for issuing SSL/TLS, CodeSigning, S/MIME, and Client certificates.

All roots on this page are covered in our Certification Practice Statement (CPS).

Licensing and Use of Root Certificates
You may download, use and distribute the Root Certificates only under the terms of the Root Certificate License Agreement (PDF). There is no charge for use under these terms and You are not required to sign the agreement to make use of the Root Certificates. If You require a signed agreement per your company policy, please provide the information requested in the agreement and email a signed copy to dl-tss-root@digicert.com. You will receive a counter-signed copy for your records. To learn more or buy Thawte TLS/SSL, visit our TLS/SSL product page.

DISCLAIMER: ROOT CERTIFICATES, AND ANY UPDATES, ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS” WITH NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.

Retired Roots
Thawte Premium Server CA Subject DN: C = ZA, S = Western Cape, L = Cape Town, O = Thawte Consulting cc, OU = Certification Services Division, CN = Thawte Premium Server CA, E = premium-server@thawte.com
Operational Start Date: Aug 1 00:00:00 1996 GMT
Operational End Date: Jan 1 23:59:59 2021 GMT
Key Size: 1024 bit
Signature Algorithm: md5WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 36 12 22 96 c5 e3 38 a5 20 a1 d2 5f 4c d7 09 54
SHA-1 Thumbprint: E0 AB 05 94 20 72 54 93 05 60 62 02 36 70 F7 CD 2E FC 66 66
Thawte Server CA (Online issuing Root) Subject DN: C = ZA, S = Western Cape, L = Cape Town, O = Thawte Consulting cc, OU = Certification Services Division, CN = Thawte Server CA, E = server-certs@thawte.com
Operational Start Date: Aug 1 00:00:00 1996 GMT
Operational End Date: Jan 1 23:59:59 2021 GMT
Key Size: 1025 bit
Signature Algorithm: md5WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 34 a4 ff f6 30 af 4c a5 3c 33 17 42 a1 94 66 75
SHA-1 Thumbprint: 9F AD 91 A6 CE 6A C6 C5 00 47 C4 4E C9 D4 A5 0D 92 D8 49 79
Thawte SGC Root CA - Class 3 Public PCA Subject DN: C = US, O = VeriSign, Inc., OU = Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority
Operational Start Date: Jan 29 00:00:00 1996 GMT
Operational End Date: Aug 2 23:59:59 2028 GMT
Key Size: 1024 bit
Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 3c 91 31 cb 1f f6 d0 1b 0e 9a b8 d0 44 bf 12 be
SHA-1 Thumbprint: a1 db 63 93 91 6f 17 e4 18 55 09 40 04 15 c7 02 40 b0 ae 6b
Thawte Personal Freemail CA Subject DN: C = ZA, S = Western Cape, L = Cape Town, O = Thawte Consulting, OU = Certification Services Division, CN = Thawte Personal Freemail CA, E = personal-freemail@thawte.com
Operational Start Date: Jan 1 00:00:00 1996 GMT
Operational End Date: Jan 1 23:59:59 2021 GMT
Key Size: 1024 bit
Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 12 3d f0 e7 da 2a 22 47 a4 38 89 e0 8a ee c9 67
SHA-1 Thumbprint: e6 18 83 ae 84 ca c1 c1 cd 52 ad e8 e9 25 2b 45 a6 4f b7 e2
Thawte Personal basic CA Subject DN: C = ZA, S = Western Cape, L = Cape Town, O = Thawte Consulting, OU = Certification Services Division, CN = Thawte Personal Basic CA, E = personal-basic@thawte.com
Operational Start Date: Jan 1 00:00:00 1996 GMT
Operational End Date: Jan 1 23:59:59 2021 GMT
Key Size: 1024 bit
Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 0d 8e 15 12 e1 ac bb 77 8d 38 e3 24 df 8c 30 f2
SHA-1 Thumbprint: 42 f8 18 e8 33 06 3b f5 16 c6 61 8c 1e 60 fd 0f 35 c4 76 21
Thawte Personal Premium CA Subject DN: C = ZA, S = Western Cape, L = Cape Town, O = Thawte Consulting, OU = Certification Services Division, CN = Thawte Personal Premium CA, E = personal-premium@thawte.com
Operational Start Date: Jan 1 00:00:00 1996 GMT
Operational End Date: Jan 1 23:59:59 2021 GMT
Key Size: 1024 bit
Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
Serial Number: 40 05 b2 53 a0 1a 46 43 50 09 81 8f 12 10 76 ec
SHA-1 Thumbprint: ca 39 d8 ea 48 22 13 7f 33 8d ca 79 56 6e dd f0 54 7e ce a7

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