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Certificate Authority Market Share Report
July 1st, 2003

Report Description
This report, much like our original certs and CAs report, focuses on issuers of SSL enabling certificates found on web servers. Unlike our original report, however, this report has a couple of key differences to it:

  • Reports on top 100 CAs. The original report only paid attention to the major CAs at the time the report was produced. This report lists the top 100 CAs for the month. You will find here many self-signing organizations such as universities, telecommunications firms, etc.
  • Uses issuer name as identifier. Our original report only counted a certificate towards an organization if we were able to prove, by virtue of verifying the key, that the organization in question actually signed the certificate. This had a notable problem with it - we don't always have the public key of the CA. In at least one case, a CA doesn't make their public key available unless you sign a license agreement.

    This report doesn't have that problem, since it only uses the issuer Organization Name to uniquely identify the issuing CA.

CA June 2003
Count
June 2003
%
May 2003
Count
May 2003
%
Growth
%
Verisign49,37542.9655,70841.343.93
Thawte27,88524.2632,61124.200.27
Equifax (Geotrust)16,12814.0317,07912.6710.73
Comodo Limited3,3822.943,7212.766.58
Snake Oil, Ltd1,8601.622,0841.554.65
SomeOrganization1,3261.151,5341.141.36
U.S. Government8430.739910.74-0.25
Entrust.net6370.558940.66-16.45
The USERTRUST Network4530.394970.376.88
Plesk Inc.4430.395580.41-6.91
Plesk, Inc.3150.273160.2316.89
Equifax Secure Inc2600.233070.23-0.69
TC TrustCenter for Security in Data Networks GmbH2360.212710.202.11
Unknown2280.204,0853.03-93.46
GlobalSign nv-sa1760.151950.145.83
FreeSSL1500.131290.1036.35
Ipswitch,Inc.1300.111520.110.29
GTE Corporation1250.111500.11-2.28
Deutsche Telekom AG1220.111310.109.20
Thawte Certification1170.101360.100.88
ispgateway920.08890.0721.21
Kubota Systems Inc.920.08990.078.97
Advanced Extranet Server720.06960.07-12.06
Internet Widgits Pty Ltd610.05790.06-9.46
PKI Partner AB430.04510.04-1.14
community musician390.03340.0334.50
Beocity380.03420.036.09
Positive Software360.03330.0227.92
Ensim Corporation360.03410.032.96
NetLock Halozatbiztonsagi Kft.350.03350.0317.26
University of Florida340.03360.0310.74
SCNC310.03340.036.91
XYZ Corporation300.03300.0217.26
Webmin Software300.03390.03-9.80
SOGO KEIBI HOSHO CO.LTD290.03360.03-5.54
Franke & Partner290.03290.0217.26
CyberTrust Japan, Inc.290.03490.04-30.60
Tele Danmark260.02310.02-1.65
media3250.02290.021.08
Baltimore Technologies Japan Co.,Ltd.250.02300.02-2.28
Unizeto Sp. z o.o.240.02350.03-19.59
TAIWAN-CA.COM Inc.220.02370.03-30.28
Advantagecom Networks, Inc.220.02250.023.19
University of Maryland210.02200.0123.12
ROOT210.02210.0217.26
NeoNova B.V.210.02350.03-29.64
KICA200.02220.026.60
Temp Certificate!190.02180.0123.77
Onyx Internet190.02250.02-10.88
Massachusetts Institute of Technology190.02220.021.27
IceWarp Software190.02260.02-14.31
DeZines Web Hosting190.02200.0111.40
Sun Microsystems Inc180.02190.0111.09
Stargate.Net, Inc.170.01180.0110.74
OCC170.01160.0124.59
HAL interactive, d.o.o.170.01170.0117.26
CNRS170.01170.0117.26
BSG170.01180.0110.74
Web Hosting160.01160.0117.26
Stalker Software, Inc.160.01260.02-27.84
Apache HTTP Server160.01140.0134.01
Your Organization150.01200.01-12.06
University of Helsinki150.01160.019.93
UUNET UK150.01150.0117.26
NIH150.01170.013.46
Logacont AG140.01160.012.60
Indra's Net, Inc.140.01160.012.60
HDE140.01150.019.44
Carnegie Mellon University140.01160.012.60
Technische Universitaet Chemnitz130.01180.01-15.31
Sun Cobalt130.01160.01-4.73
Register4less130.0100.00N/A
FNMT130.01140.018.88
Postecom s.p.a.120.01120.0117.26
ICS_TREE120.01140.010.51
zNET Internet Services110.01220.02-41.37
WebMoney Transfer110.01320.02-59.69
Swiss-Web GmbH110.01110.0117.26
KMD110.01170.01-24.13
ICP-Brasil110.01140.01-7.87
Etisalat110.01120.017.49
DeZines Web Hosting Corporation110.0100.00N/A
WebEstates Inc.100.01120.01-2.28
Tampere University of Technology100.0100.00N/A
ServeLinux Networks, Inc.100.01140.01-16.24
Inter Clear Service Ltd100.0100.00N/A
INFN100.01140.01-16.24
Dummy certificate100.01120.01-2.28
Cyberpark GmbH Internet Services100.0100.00N/A
Associazione Investici100.0100.00N/A
pair Networks90.0100.00N/A
XX90.0100.00N/A
Volaris Communications90.0100.00N/A
Uppsala universitet90.0100.00N/A
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (UWSP)90.01130.01-18.82
USFWS90.0100.00N/A
Superb Internet Corp.90.0100.00N/A
PVT a.s.90.01140.01-24.62
Mail Hungary Ltd90.0100.00N/A
Genotec Internet Consulting AG90.0100.00N/A

Note: Readers are cautioned that the Growth percentages are based on a CA's market share penetration rather than the absolute number of certificates we detected. Thus, it is possible for the number of certificates to increase, while the growth is actually a negative value.



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