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Thawte

Thawte Consulting (pronounced "thought"[citation needed]) is a certificate authority (CA) for X.509 certificates. Thawte was founded in 1995 by Mark Shuttleworth in South Africa. As of 30 December 2016, its then-parent company, Symantec Group, was collectively the third largest public CA on the Internet with 17.2% market share.

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Owner
DigiCert Inc.
Country
South Africa
Introduced
1995; 31 years ago (1995)
Markets
World
Product type
Public key certificates

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Thawte

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples70
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
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Thawte

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related to history · 17
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related to After end of life · 16
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related to Web of Trust · 15
Thawte → Although, Associating, In, Notaries, November, Points, So, Thawte FreeMail, Thawte Notaries, Thawte Web, The, The Thawte Web, To, Trust, Web
related to Root certificate untrust · 12
Thawte → August, Certificate, December, DigiCert, DigiCert Trusted Root TLS, Following Thawte's, From, GeoTrust Root Certificate, Google, Symantec's, This, Thoma Bravo LLC
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Thawte → GermanyThawte France, Official
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Thawte → South Africa
Introduced · 1
Thawte → 1995; 31 years ago (1995)
Markets · 1
Thawte → World
Owner · 1
Thawte → DigiCert Inc.
Product type · 1
Thawte → Public key certificates

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ThawteCountrySouth Africa1.00infobox
ThawteIntroduced1995; 31 years ago (1995)1.00infobox
ThawteMarketsWorld1.00infobox
ThawteOwnerDigiCert Inc.1.00infobox
ThawteProduct typePublic key certificates1.00infobox
ThawteWebsitewww.thawte.com1.00infobox
Thawtefounded in19950.95text
Thawtefounded byMark Shuttleworth in South Africa0.90text
Thawterelated to After end of lifeThawte Notaries0.60section
Thawterelated to After end of lifeGossamer Spider Web0.60section
Thawterelated to After end of lifeTrust0.60section
Thawterelated to After end of lifeGSWoT0.60section

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