Symantec’s CA services have been in a lot of trouble in the last couple of years, caught multiple times issues certificates to others that the owners of the domains. They have been or are being removed as trusted root CA’s among the browser manufacturers. Google (and thus Chrome) last ones to publish their plans. Bleepingcomputers has a nice breakdown of the steps agreed between Google and Symantec – in essence demoting Symantec to be a child of a more trusted root CA. There is an opening for Symantec to start a new CA root attempt, but one must expect that they’ve burnt their fingers enough in this business area.
The end of Symantec as a Root CA
