Symantec's gone and updated [2] and [4] and both of those links are
404ing now. Updated links:

[2] 
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/Test_Certificates_Incident_Final_Report_10_13_2015v3.pdf
[4] 
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/TestCertificateIncidentReportUnregisteredv2.pdf

Michael

On 13 October 2015 at 14:46, Kathleen Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> In September of this year, the CA Symantec revealed[0] that they had
> mis-issued a number of certificates for domains that they did not own or
> control, for testing purposes. After an “exhaustive review”, they issued a
> Final Report[1] which documented 23 such certificates.
>
> Yesterday, Symantec updated their final report[2] to indicate that the
> problem was more extensive than they had at first believed. They said, in
> part:
>
> “While our current investigation is ongoing, so far we have found 164
> additional instances where test certificates were inappropriately issued.
> All of these test certificates have been revoked. These test certificates
> were spread over 76 domain owners whom we are in the process of contacting.”
>
> In addition, they have identified 3073 test certificates which were issued
> for domains which were (at the time) unregistered, since the practice was
> banned (which happened at different times for EV certs and other certs).
> They have provided two lists[3][4], one of the 164 certs and another of the
> 3073.
>
> They are continuing to search, and will update the Final Report again when
> their investigations are complete.
>
> The 164 certificates will be added to Mozilla’s OneCRL system[5]. (We do not
> think the risk from the 3073 is significant enough to warrant this step.)
>
> This message has been posted to begin a discussion in the Mozilla community
> as to what additional action, if any, Mozilla should take in response to
> these events.
>
> Kathleen, Gerv and Richard
>
> [0]http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/tough-day-leaders
> [1]https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/Test_Certificates_Incident_Final_Report.pdf
> [2]https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/Test_Certificates_Incident_Final_Report_10_12_2015.pdf
> [3]https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/TestCertificateIncidentReportOwnedDomains.pdf
> [4]https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/TestCertificateIncidentReportUnregistered.pdf
> [5]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1214321
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