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SHA-256 signature available! TBS internet launched in january 2009 a range of certificates using the SHA-256 hash, thus producing the strongest signature available. Are you ready? More details... New wizards available now! TBS Internet has developed new assistance tools to help you selecting your «PKI solutions» or «user certificate».

BROWSERS' SSL COMPATIBILITY

The purpose of this chart is to help you select the certificate which matches your technical needs. Independently of price or brand!

The red cells mean that the Certification Authority is not recognized by the browser.
The green cells mean the authority is recognized by the browser and setup a native level cipherment (see column 3) unless otherwise specified.
The white cells mean that the behavior is specific or unknown.

	Plate- form
Product range		Thawte	X509 TBS and Comodo	VeriSign and Thawte	X509 TBS and Comodo	Comodo	X509 TBS	VeriSign
Offer		Standard, Wildcard (4), EV	Premium, Ecommerce, Standard, Intranet, Omnidomaine, Test and Comodo EV	Verisign Secure Site Pro, EV Secure Site, EV Secure Site Pro Thawte Supercert	SGC, Omnidomaine SGC, Test SGC and Comodo EV SGC	AAA SSL, WildSSL, UCC	Multiples Sites	Verisign Secure Site (5)
Root		Thawte Premium Server CA**	UTN USERFirst Hardware + AddTrust External CA Root (cross-certification)	VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary CA v2009	UTN DATACorp SGC + Addtrust External CA Root (cross-certification)	Entrust.net Secure Server CA	UTN DATACorp SGC + Addtrust External CA Root (cross-certification)	VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G2
Chaining?		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Netscape 2 - 3	All
Microsoft IE 3.02	Win	√
AOL 3	Win	√
Netscape 4.0 - 4.05	All	√
Microsoft IE 4.0	?	√
Microsoft IE 4.01	Win	√
Microsoft IE 4.01	Mac	√
AOL 4	Win	√
Netscape 4.06 - 4.5	All	√
Netscape 4.51	All	√				√
AOL 5	?	√				√
Microsoft IE 4.5	Mac	√
Microsoft IE 5.0	Win	√
Netscape 4.6 - 4.7	All	√		128-bit		√
Microsoft IE 5.01*	Win	√	√	128-bit	128-bit	√	128-bit	√
AOL 6	?	√		√		√
Netscape 4.72 - 4.76	All	√		√		√
Microsoft IE 5.0	Mac	√	√	128-bit	128-bit	***	128-bit ***	?
Mozilla 1 - 1.7.13	All	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Microsoft IE 5.5 - 7.0b2	Win	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Opera 3	All	√		?
Netscape 6	All	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
AOL 7	Win	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Netscape 4.77 - 4.78	All	√	√	√	√	√ ***	***
Netscape 4.79 - 4.8	All	√	√	√	√	√ ***	***	√
J2RE 1.3.0_02 - 1.4.1	All	√
Opera 4.1 - 5.11	All	√		√		√
Opera 5.12 - 7.54	All	√		√		√		√
Microsoft IE 5.1 - 5.2.1 (last)	Mac	√	√	√	√	***	***	?
Netscape 7 - 7.2	All	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Netscape 8 - 9.0.0.6	Win	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Konqueror 1 - 3.3.5	Linux	√	conf serveur	√	√	√	√	√
AOL 8 - 9	Win	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Safari 1.0 - 1.1	Mac	√	√	√	√	√ ***	***	?
J2RE 1.4.2_03 - 1.4.2_05	All	√		√		√
J2RE 1.4.2_06 - 1.5.0_13	All	√		√		√		√
Safari 1.2 - 3.1.x	Mac	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Firefox 0.1 - 2.0.0.14	All	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Konqueror 3.4 - 3.5.10 (latest)	Linux	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Opera 8 - 9.27	All	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
J2RE 1.6.0 - J2RE 1.6.0_6 (latest)	All	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Camino 1.0 - 1.6 (latest)	All	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.1.16 (latest)	All	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Microsoft IE 7.0	Win XP after update	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	√	√	√
Microsoft IE 7.0	Win Vista	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	√	√	√
Opera 9.5 - 9.64 (latest)	All	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	√	√	√
Firefox 3 - 3.0.10 (latest)	All	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	green URL bar if EV	√	√	√
Google Chrome	All	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	√	√	√
Safari 3.2	Mac	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	√	√	√
Safari 4 (latest)	Mac	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	√	√	√

*: IE 5.01 with Windows 2000 requires service pack 1 or above to recognise Wildcard or OmniDomaine certificates, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;258858.

**: Prior 6 April 2005 the root used was Thawte Server CA.

***: CA recognized by the browser but does not support Multiple Sites (several CN or SAN fields).

(4) : Thawte Wildcard certificates are not recognized by Internet Explorer with Windows 95 & 98 (see faq)

(5) : Changed root on May 17th, 2009. (see faq)

SSL Compatibility with mobile tools (smartphone, PDA, Pocket PC, etc.)

	Plate- form
Product range		Thawte	X509 TBS and Comodo	VeriSign and Thawte	X509 TBS and Comodo	Comodo	X509 TBS	VeriSign
Offer		Standard, Wildcard (4), EV	Premium, Ecommerce, Standard, Intranet, Omnidomaine, Test and Comodo EV	Verisign Secure Site Pro, EV Secure Site, EV Secure Site Pro Thawte Supercert	SGC, Omnidomaine SGC, Test SGC and Comodo EV SGC	AAA SSL, WildSSL, UCC	Multiples Sites	Verisign Secure Site
Root		Thawte Premium Server CA**	UTN USERFirst Hardware + AddTrust External CA Root (cross-certification)	VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary CA v2009	UTN DATACorp SGC + Addtrust External CA Root (cross-certification)	Entrust.net Secure Server CA	UTN DATACorp SGC + Addtrust External CA Root (cross-certification)	VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G2
Chaining?		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Microsoft Windows Mobile CE 5*	WinMob	√		√		√
Microsoft Windows Mobile CE 6	WinMob	√		√		√
Palm OS	All	√		√		√ ***		√
BlackBerry OS	4.2.1			√	√	√	√	√
Sony Playstation Portable	Netfront 3.4	√		√		√ **		?
Sony Playstation Portable	Netfront 3.5	√	√	√	√	√ **	√	?
Nokia Symbian (tested with E61)	All	√		√		√ ***		√
Opera Mini 3.0-3.1	All	√		√		√		√
Apple iPhone	iPhone	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
iPod Safari	iPod	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Apple iPhone 3.0	iPhone	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	yes, has EV support	√	√	√

* : Windows Mobile 5 does not support Wildcard

** : CA recognized by the browser but support of UCC (several SAN fields) is unknown.

***: CA recognized by the browser but does not support UCC (several SAN fields).