Thank you for your response. IoT devices do post a new challenge to PKI ecosystem because they are extremely difficult to update. I hope your company could serve community well. I am OK with this. 在2023年8月31日星期四 UTC+8 11:15:23<Ben Wilson> 写道：
> Forwarding to the list because this message did not appear to post. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: So, Nicol <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 6:10 PM > Subject: RE: Public Discussion of CommScope CA Inclusion Request > To: CCADB Public <[email protected]> > Cc: Ben Wilson <[email protected]> > > > On Monday, August 28, 2023 at 5:49 PM, Yuwei HAN (hanyuwei70) wrote: > > > Giving that there were so many TLS CAs, I don't see any necesssity to > add another TLS CA unless something new is provided by CA. > > Can CA explain what can be improved if accepted to Mozilla Root Program? > > Allowing broader participation by qualified service providers with diverse > industrial experiences is generally beneficial to users of CA services. > CommScope’s more than 25 years of experience servicing the PKI needs of > device manufacturers and service providers brings unique perspectives and > capabilities to the Mozilla root program in a world that is seeing an > explosion of connected devices. > > CommScope has been delivering CA and device identity provisioning services > across 200+ OEM/ODM/repair locations spanning 30+ countries. Besides being > a device manufacturer itself, CommScope also serves customers and partners, > such as Motorola and Broadcom. Additionally, we have successfully provided > over-the-air solutions to more than a dozen leading domestic and > international service providers, such as Verizon and T-Mobile, enabling > them to upgrade device cryptographic identities and enhance security in > real-world deployments. The devices we touched include mobile phones, > wireless access points, mobile network base stations, home gateways, cable > modems, and set-top boxes. We are expanding our services to IoT devices. We > understand the challenges device manufacturers and service providers face > trying to meet the PKI requirements from industry consortia such as > CableLabs, WInnForum, and CSA. We have seen and have solved the problems > that arise in global manufacturing operations and post-deployment network > operations, such as duplicate device identities and network trust changes. > Over the years, we’ve securely installed over 6 billion sets of device > identity credentials through different channels at different stages of > device lifetime. > > CommScope is more than just a standard CA. With its wealth of experience > dealing with device manufacturing, deployment and operation, we are also > well positioned to serve device manufacturers and operators of device > fleets, whose requirements are not the same as typical web site operators. > > Sincerely, > Nicol So > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCADB Public" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ccadb.org/d/msgid/public/187d14fe-a152-4ef9-86bf-01dbf718fd7an%40ccadb.org.
