On November 22, 2011, the CA/Browser Forum adopted “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates, Version 1.0” (hereafter referred to as the “BR 1.0”) to take effect on July 1, 2012.
This document explains the differences between non-qualified and Fully-Qualified Domain Names (FQDN), the reasons behind the CA/Browser Forum’s change and suggests alternatives for affected subscribers.
