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Practices Updates and Notices

From time to time, VeriSign may update the VeriSign Trust network Certificate Policies, VeriSign CPS, the NetSure^® Protection Plan, and other documents; and may otherwise need or desire to convey other important information. This Practices Updates and Notices Section provides a central location to communicate such information. Depending upon the terms of the agreement that you accepted as part of your enrollment process, you may be bound by the changes in this Updates and Notices Section.

Version 2.7 of the VTN Certificate Policy (CP) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 2.7 is included in the CP
Date of Publication: April 25, 2008
Proposed Effective Date: April 3, 2008

Version 3.7 of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 3.7 is included in the CPS
Date of Publication: April 25, 2008
Proposed Effective Date: April 3, 2008

Version 2.6 of the VTN Certificate Policy (CP) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 2.6 is included in the CP
Date of Publication: January 18, 2008
Proposed Effective Date: February 3, 2008

Version 3.5 of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 3.6 is included in the CPS
Date of Publication: January 18, 2008
Proposed Effective Date: February 3, 2008

Version 2.5 of the VTN Certificate Policy (CP) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 2.5 is included in the CP
Date of Publication: July 01, 2007

Version 3.5 of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 3.5 is included in the CPS
Date of Publication: July 01, 2007

Version 2.4 of the VTN Certificate Policy (CP) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 2.4 is included in the CP
Date of Publication: April 20, 2007

Version 3.4 of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 3.4 is included in the CPS
Date of Publication: April 20 7, 2007

Version 2.3 of the VTN Certificate Policy (CP) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 2.3 is included in the CP
Date of Publication: December 7, 2006

Version 3.3 of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS) is now in the Repository. A summary of all changes made in version 3.3 is included in the CPS
Date of Publication: December 7, 2006

Version 2.2 of the VTN Certificate Policy (CP) is now in the Repository. This version of the CP incorporates the latest updates to the VeriSign CP a summary of which is included in the CP
Date of Publication: August 09, 2006
Proposed Effective Date: August 15, 2006

Version 1.4 of the VeriSign Certificate Interoperability Service (CIS) CP Supplement is now in the Repository. This version of the CIS CP Supplement incorporates the latest updates to the CIS policy, a summary of which is included in the CIS CP Supplement
Date of Publication: May 12, 2006
Proposed Effective Date: May 31, 2006

Version 3.2 of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS) is now in the Repository. This version of the CPS incorporates the latest updates to the VeriSign CPS a summary of which is included in the CPS
Date of Publication: April 17, 2006
Proposed Effective Date: May 1, 2006

NetSure Protection Plan Update
Date of publication: November 1, 2005
Proposed Effective Date: December 15, 2005
Proposed amendments to the NetSure Protection Plan and the NetSure Protection Plan Matrix are available for comment per section 17 of the Plan until December 15, 2005. Comments may be emailed to practices@verisign.com.

EDSP update
Date of Publication: August 26, 2005
Proposed Effective Date: September 12, 2005
Amendment to European Directive Supplemental Policies (EDSP) Version 1.0
Proposed amendments to the EDSP are available for comment per EDSP §
8.1.2.2. until September 12, 2005. Comments may be e-mailed to practices@verisign.com.

CP/CPS Update
Date of Publication: June 24, 2005
The following amendments are incorporated into the VTN CP and VeriSign CPS by reference:

Section 4.5.2. is amended as follows:

Deleted: "The status of the certificate and all the CAs in the chain that issued the certificate. If any of the Certificates in the Certificate Chain have been revoked, the Relying Party shall not rely on the end-user Subscriber Certificate or other revoked Certificate in the Certificate Chain"
Added: "The status of the certificate and all the CAs in the chain that issued the certificate. If any of the Certificates in the Certificate Chain have been revoked, the Relying Party is solely responsible to investigate whether reliance on a digital signature performed by an end-user Subscriber Certificate prior to revocation of a Certificate in the Certificate chain is reasonable. Any such reliance is made solely at the risk of the Relying party."

Section 4.12.1 is amended as follows:

Deleted: "An Enterprise Customers using KMS Shall at a minimum"
Added: "It is recommended that Enterprise Customers using KMS"

CPS Update
Date of Publication: March 04, 2005
The following content is incorporated into Section 4.4.1.1 'Circumstances for Revoking End-User Subscriber Certificates' by reference and shall be incorporated in version 3.0 of the VeriSign CPS: "When considering whether certificate usage is harmful to the VTN , VeriSign considers, among other things, the following:

The nature and number of complaints received
The identity of the complainant(s)
Relevant legislation in force
Responses to the alleged harmful use from the Subscriber

When considering whether the use of a Code Signing Certificate is harmful to the VTN , VeriSign additionally considers, among other things, the following :

The name of the code being signed
The behavior of the code
Methods of distributing the code
Disclosures made to recipients of the code
Any additional allegations made about the code

The Final Draft of the VeriSign Certification Practices Statement (CPS) Version 3
is now available for comment. Comments can be e-mailed to
practices@verisign.com
Date of Publication: January 7, 2005
The VeriSign Certification Practices Statement (CPS) Version 3 will replace all previous versions of the CP in the Repository during February 2005.

The Final Draft of the VeriSign Trust Network Certificate Policies (CP) Version 3
is now available for comment. Comments can be e-mailed to
practices@verisign.com
Date of Publication: December 01, 2004
The VeriSign Trust Network Certificate Policies (CP) Version 3 will replace all previous versions of the CP in the Repository during January 2005.

CPS Update
Date of Publication: November 19, 2004
The following content is incorporated as a footnote into Section 1.3.3 (Table 4) by reference:
“In limited circumstances Class 2 certificates may be issued by a Managed MPKI customer to an affiliated organization (and not an individual within the organization). Such certificate may be used for organization authentication and application signing only. Subscribers are prohibited from using this certificate for code and content signing, SSL encryption and S/mime signing and such key usage will be disabled for these certificates.”

Version 1.3 of the VeriSign Trust Network Certificate Policies (CP) is now in the Repository.
Date of Publication: April 13, 2004
Summary of Changes

Version 2.3 of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS) is now in the Repository.
Date of Publication: April 13, 2004
Summary of Changes

Proposed Amendments to the VeriSign Trust Network Certificate Policies (CP) Version 1.1
Proposed amendments to the CP are available for comment per CP § 8.1.2.2. until October 31, 2003. Comments may be e-mailed to practices@verisign.com.
Date of Publication: October 13, 2003
Proposed Effective Date: November 03, 2003

Proposed Amendments to Certification Practice Statement (CPS) Version 2.1
Proposed amendments to the CP are available for comment per CPS § 8.1.2.2. until October 31, 2003. Comments may be e-mailed to practices@verisign.com.
Date of Publication: October 13, 2003
Proposed Effective Date: November 03, 2003

Version 1.0 of the VeriSign Trust Network Certificate Policies (CP)
is now in the Repository. The CP is the principal statement of policy governing the VeriSign Trust Network^SM.
Date of Publication: April 05, 2001
Proposed Effective Date: April 20, 2001

Version 2.0 of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS)
is now in the Repository. The VeriSign CPS shows how VeriSign meets the policy requirements of the VeriSign Trust Network Certificate Policies. The VeriSign CPS states the practices employed by certification authorities within VeriSign's subdomain of the VeriSign Trust Network for providing certification services that include, but are not limited to, issuing, managing, revoking, and renewing certificates.
Date of Publication: August 16,2001
Proposed Effective Date: August 31, 2001

Version 1.0 of the European Directive Supplemental Policies (EDSP)
is now in the Repository. The EDSP is a supplement to the VeriSign Trust Network ("VTN") Certificate Policies whose purpose is to facilitate compliance with the Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for Electronic Signatures (the "Directive"). The EDSP sets forth requirements that VTN participants (including VeriSign's affiliates, their customers, subscribers, and relying parties) must meet in order to issue, manage, use, revoke, and renew "Qualified Certificates" within the meaning of the Directive.
Date of Publication: September 4, 2001
Proposed Effective Date: September 19, 2001