Question of a member of the community: The Class3 certificate is set to expire this year in May. What do I need to do with:
a) My existing certificates that were signed against the Class 3
b) Installation of the new Class3 and when will that happen?
Answer from our volunteer critical system administrator: Thank you for this question. We started the resigning procedure already last year. We plan to use the same private key for the new class-3-certificate, so the old certificates will remain valid.
As the resigning needs to be done in the data centre in the Netherlands, this is planned for February/March – depending on the pandemic situation. So there will be enough time to replace the Class-3-Root in your configuration (Certificate-Chain) or your Browsers.
Deutsch: Die Planung, um das Class-3-Zertifikat neu zu signieren wurden bereits im letzten Jahr aufgenommen. Der Zeitplan ist grosszügig, dass die Arbeiten unserer Freiwilligen vor Mai abgeschlossen sein werden.
Français: Le projet de re-signer le certificat de la classe 3 a été lancé l’année dernière. Le calendrier est généreux, le travail de nos volontaires sera terminé avant le mois de mai.
Español: La planificación para volver a firmar el certificado de la clase 3 comenzó el año pasado. El programa es generoso, el trabajo de nuestros voluntarios se completará antes de mayo.
Português: O planejamento para assinar novamente o certificado de Classe 3 começou no ano passado. O cronograma é generoso, pois o trabalho de nossos voluntários será concluído antes de maio.