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Thawte Consulting is a certificate authority (CA) for X.509 certificates. Thawte was founded in 1995 by Mark Shuttleworth in South Africa and is the second largest public CA on the Internet.

Related Topics:
Certificate authority - X.509 - 1995 - Mark Shuttleworth - South Africa - Internet

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In 1999 VeriSign acquired Thawte in a stock purchase from Shuttleworth for $575 million US dollars and thereby enabled Shuttleworth to become the second space tourist.

Related Topics:
VeriSign - US dollars - Space tourist

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