Tel:
314-889-1100
Fax:
314-889-1101
www.bdo.com

101 S Hanley Rd, Suite 800
St. Louis, MO 63105

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT
To the management of Starfield Technologies, LLC (“Starfield”):
Scope
We have examined Starfield, subsidiary of GoDaddy Inc. (“GoDaddy”), management’s assertion
that for its Starfield and GoDaddy Certification Authority (“CA”) operations in Arizona andVirginia, in the United States of America, for its CAs enumerated in Attachment B, Starfield has:•disclosed its extended validation SSL (“EV SSL”) certificate lifecycle management businesspractices in the applicable versions of its Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy
and Certification Practice Statement (“CP/CPS”) enumerated in Attachment A, including
its commitment to provide EV SSL certificates in conformity with the CA/Browser Forum
Guidelines on the Starfield repository, and provided such services in accordance with its
disclosed practices•

maintained effective controls to provide reasonable assurance that:o the integrity of keys and EV SSL certificates it manages is established andprotected throughout their lifecycles; ando EV SSL subscriber information is properly authenticatedthroughout the period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 based on the WebTrust Principles and Criteria
for Certification Authorities – Extended Validation SSL v1.7.8.
Certification Authority’s Responsibilities
Starfield’s management is responsible for its assertion, including the fairness of its presentation,and the provision of its described services in accordance with the WebTrust Principles and Criteria
for Certification Authorities – Extended Validation SSL v1.7.8.
Independent Accountant’s Responsibilities
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on Starfield management’s assertion based on our
examination. Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards requirethat we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
management’s assertion is fairly stated, in all material respects. An examination involves
performing procedures to obtain evidence about management’s assertion. The nature, timing,and extent of the procedures selected depend on our judgment, including an assessment of therisks of material misstatement of management’s assertion, whether due to fraud or error. We
believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
We are required to be independent and to meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith relevant ethical requirements relating to the engagement.
BDO USA refers to BDO USA, P.C., a Virginia professional corporation, also doing business in certain jurisdictions with an alternative identifying abbreviation, such as
Corp. or P.S.C.
BDO USA, P.C. is the U.S. member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent
member firms.
BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms.

The relative effectiveness and significance of specific controls at Starfield and their effect on
assessments of control risk for subscribers and relying parties are dependent on their interaction
with the controls and other factors present at individual subscriber and relying party locations.
Our examination did not extend to controls at individual subscriber and relying party locations
and we have not evaluated the effectiveness of such controls.
Inherent Limitations
There are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any system of internal control, including
the possibility of human error and the circumvention of controls. For example, because of theirnature, controls may not prevent, or detect unauthorized access to systems and information, or
failure to comply with internal and external policies or requirements. Also, the projection to the
future of any conclusions based on our findings is subject to the risk that controls may become
ineffective.
Independent Accountant’s Opinion
In our opinion, management’s assertion, as referred to above, is fairly stated, in all material
respects.
This report does not include any representation as to the quality of Starfield’s services other thanits CA operations at Arizona and Virginia, in the United States of America, nor the suitability of
any of Starfield’s services for any customer's intended purpose.
Other Matters
Without modifying our opinion, we noted the following other matters during our procedures:
Matter Topic
1
Certificate Revocation

Matter
GoDaddy disclosed in Mozilla Bug #1793848 that they failed
to revoke a number of subscriber certificates within the 24
hour requirement.

While the Starfield assertion notes all issues disclosed on Bugzilla from July 1, 2022 through thedate of this report we have only noted those instances relevant to the CAs enumerated in
Attachment B and applicable to the WebTrust Principles and Criteria for Certification Authorities– Extended Validation SSL v1.7.8.
Use of the WebTrust Seal
Starfield’s use of the WebTrust for Certification Authorities Seal constitutes a symbolic
representation of the contents of this report and it is not intended, nor should it be construed,
to update this report or provide any additional assurance.

September 21, 2023

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ATTACHMENT A – CERTIFICATE POLICY/CERTIFICATION PRACTICE STATEMENTVERSIONS IN-SCOPE
Policy Name

Policy Version

Policy Date

Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement

Version 4.18

November 11, 2022

Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement

Version 4.17

June 17, 2022

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ATTACHMENT B – IN-SCOPE CAs
Root CAs
Subject
OU = Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
O = The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USOU = Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate OU =http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G5
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G6
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
C = US
CN = GoDaddy Root Certificate Authority - G5
O = GoDaddy, Inc.
C = US
CN = GoDaddy Root Certificate Authority - G6
O = GoDaddy, Inc.
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

C3846BF24B9E93CA64274C0EC67C1ECC5E024FFCACD2D74019350E81FE546AE4

6/29/2004

6/29/2034

45140B3247EB9CC8C5B4F0D7B53091F73292089E6E5A63E2749DD3ACA9198EDA

9/1/2009

12/31/2037

1465FA205397B876FAA6F0A9958E5590E40FCC7FAA4FB7C2C8677521FB5FB658

6/29/2004

6/29/2034

2CE1CB0BF9D2F9E102993FBE215152C3B2DD0CABDE1C68E5319B839154DBB7F5

9/1/2009

12/31/2037

B5BD2CB79CBD1907298D6BDF4842E516D8C78FA6FC96D25F71AF814E16CC245E

6/2/2008

12/31/2029

414F6C10FA816561832751BDB241ED8AE2BB0E2EBE651DE48E317ABB774E38F0

6/20/2022

6/20/2042

FDB2C428AC393FD61B386497E0CC6652D71F35F6683C8E0AD0E754CF8F133D2A

6/20/2022

6/20/2052

E0562C0CD4CD5959DB2AB9D8E7426B248FD75534F5D50CFAF8CB312239F93086

6/20/2022

6/20/2052

DB3C05E9C55D5259B057474D7F7F3E54A2A51AFAA71EC5C41D8C3CBE68108799

6/20/2022

6/20/2052

4

Cross-Signed Certificates
Subject
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
OU = https://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
OU = https://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
OU = https://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

3A2FBE92891E57FE05D57087F48E730F17E5A5F53EF403D618E5B74D7A7E6ECB

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

9BF58967545996194512DB6177151AFE99706AEA3DA36FEEE7AD9F8B3C0507CB

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

9F43D52E808C20AFF69E02FAAC205AAC684E6975213D6620FAC64BDE5FCAB4BC

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

454040E4969070401CC35BDF7F2A4EBCE5797BB7694AE731D93A8115FD59929C

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

EB159C922A3FC2191475CA20A53816D87A38A1A79A7264789193D2F1F750E85E

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

A24B9440F9FCBEBB48C274C03DE7D24C5ED1CA59D2D362F29ED3B457762C75BB

5/3/2011

5/30/2031

5

Cross-Signed Certificates
Subject
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

2D12B619A660CEFB013271831D891213FC434E982A21568256CF4E2E86324BEA

8/30/2009

6/28/2034

28689B30E4C306AAB53B027B29E36AD6DD1DCF4B953994482CA84BDC1ECAC996

9/2/2009

6/28/2034

6

Intermediate CAs
Subject
serialNumber = 07969287
CN = Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority
OU = http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
serialNumber = 10688435
CN = Starfield Secure Certification Authority
OU =http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

09ED6E991FC3273D8FEA317D339C02041861973549CFA6E1558F411F11211AA3

11/16/2006

11/16/2026

973A41276FFD01E027A2AAD49E34C37846D3E976FF6A620B6712E33832041AA6

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

05A6DB389391DF92E0BE93FDFA4DB1E3CF53903918B8D9D85A9C396CB55DF030

11/16/2006

11/16/2026

93A07898D89B2CCA166BA6F1F8A14138CE43828E491B831926BC8247D391CC72

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

7

DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6STARFIELD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC MANAGEMENT’S ASSERTION
Starfield Technologies, LLC (“Starfield”), a subsidiary of GoDaddy Inc. (“GoDaddy”), operates theCertification Authority (“CA”) services for the CAs enumerated in Attachment B, and provides
Extended Validation SSL (“EV SSL”) CA services.
The management of Starfield is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective controls overits EV SSL CA operations, including its EV SSL CA business practices disclosure on its repository, EV
SSL key lifecycle management controls, and EV SSL certificate lifecycle management controls. These
controls contain monitoring mechanisms, and actions are taken to correct deficiencies identified.
There are inherent limitations in any controls, including the possibility of human error, and thecircumvention or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even effective controls can only provide
reasonable assurance with respect to Starfield’s CA operations. Furthermore, because of changes in
conditions, the effectiveness of controls may vary over time.
Starfield management has assessed its disclosures of its certificate practices and controls over its
EV SSL CA services. Based on that assessment, in Starfield management’s opinion, in providing its
EV SSL CA services in Arizona and Virginia, in the United States of America, Starfield has:

disclosed its extended validation SSL (“EV SSL”) certificate lifecycle management businesspractices in applicable versions of its Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement (“CP/CPS”) enumerated in Attachment A, including its
commitment to provide EV SSL certificates in conformity with the CA/Browser Forum
Guidelines on the Starfield repository, and provided such services in accordance with its
disclosed practicesmaintained effective controls to provide reasonable assurance that:o the integrity of keys and EV SSL certificates it manages is established and protected
throughout their lifecycles; ando EV SSL subscriber information is properly authenticatedthroughout the period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 based on the WebTrust Principles and Criteria
for Certification Authorities – Extended Validation SSL v1.7.8.

1DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

Starfield has disclosed the following matters publicly on Mozilla Bugzilla’s platform. These matterswere included below due to being open during the period July 1, 2022 through the date of thisreport.
Bug ID
1793848
17936421829024

Summary
GoDaddy: Failure to revoke 210 subscriber
certificates within 24 hours
GoDaddy: CRLs are version 1 and lack CRL
Number extension
GoDaddy: CRL Issuer Mismatch

OpenedClosedResolution

10/5/2022

11/26/2022

FIXED

10/4/2022

1/15/2023

FIXED

4/19/2023

5/5/2023

FIXED

9/21/2023_____________________________________________
Andres Armeda
Senior Director, Product Management – Security
Starfield Technologies, LLC

9/21/2023_____________________________________________
Sarath Geethakumar
Chief Information Security Officer
Starfield Technologies, LLC

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

ATTACHMENT A – CERTIFICATE POLICY/CERTIFICATION PRACTICE STATEMENTVERSIONS IN-SCOPE
Policy Name

Policy Version

Policy Date

Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement

Version 4.18

November 11, 2022

Starfield Technologies, LLC Certificate Policy andCertification Practice Statement

Version 4.17

June 17, 20223

DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

ATTACHMENT B – IN-SCOPE CAs
Root CAs
Subject
OU = Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
O = The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USOU = Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate OU =http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G5
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G6
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
C = US
CN = GoDaddy Root Certificate Authority - G5
O = GoDaddy, Inc.
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

C3846BF24B9E93CA64274C0EC67C1ECC5E024FFCACD2D74019350E81FE546AE4

6/29/2004

6/29/2034

45140B3247EB9CC8C5B4F0D7B53091F73292089E6E5A63E2749DD3ACA9198EDA

9/1/2009

12/31/2037

1465FA205397B876FAA6F0A9958E5590E40FCC7FAA4FB7C2C8677521FB5FB658

6/29/2004

6/29/2034

2CE1CB0BF9D2F9E102993FBE215152C3B2DD0CABDE1C68E5319B839154DBB7F5

9/1/2009

12/31/2037

B5BD2CB79CBD1907298D6BDF4842E516D8C78FA6FC96D25F71AF814E16CC245E

6/2/2008

12/31/2029

414F6C10FA816561832751BDB241ED8AE2BB0E2EBE651DE48E317ABB774E38F0

6/20/2022

6/20/2042

FDB2C428AC393FD61B386497E0CC6652D71F35F6683C8E0AD0E754CF8F133D2A

6/20/2022

6/20/2052

E0562C0CD4CD5959DB2AB9D8E7426B248FD75534F5D50CFAF8CB312239F93086

6/20/2022

6/20/2052

4

DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

Root CAs
Subject
CN = GoDaddy Root Certificate Authority - G6
O = GoDaddy, Inc.
C = US
Cross-Signed Certificates
Subject
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
OU = https://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2
OU = https://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

DB3C05E9C55D5259B057474D7F7F3E54A2A51AFAA71EC5C41D8C3CBE68108799

6/20/2022

6/20/2052

SHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

3A2FBE92891E57FE05D57087F48E730F17E5A5F53EF403D618E5B74D7A7E6ECB

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

9BF58967545996194512DB6177151AFE99706AEA3DA36FEEE7AD9F8B3C0507CB

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

9F43D52E808C20AFF69E02FAAC205AAC684E6975213D6620FAC64BDE5FCAB4BC

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

454040E4969070401CC35BDF7F2A4EBCE5797BB7694AE731D93A8115FD59929C

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

EB159C922A3FC2191475CA20A53816D87A38A1A79A7264789193D2F1F750E85E

1/1/2014

5/30/2031

5DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6

Cross-Signed Certificates
Subject
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
OU = https://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority- G2
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

A24B9440F9FCBEBB48C274C03DE7D24C5ED1CA59D2D362F29ED3B457762C75BB

5/3/2011

5/30/2031

2D12B619A660CEFB013271831D891213FC434E982A21568256CF4E2E86324BEA

8/30/2009

6/28/2034

28689B30E4C306AAB53B027B29E36AD6DD1DCF4B953994482CA84BDC1ECAC996

9/2/2009

6/28/2034

6

DocuSign Envelope ID: 96A165F3-5590-4BD8-A3F1-C8B98D4129E6Intermediate CAs
Subject
serialNumber = 07969287
CN = Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority
OU = http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/
O = GoDaddy.com, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
serialNumber = 10688435
CN = Starfield Secure Certification Authority
OU =http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = US
CN = Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2
OU = http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/
O = Starfield Technologies, Inc.
L = Scottsdale
S = Arizona
C = USSHA2 Thumbprint

Valid From

Valid To

09ED6E991FC3273D8FEA317D339C02041861973549CFA6E1558F411F11211AA3

11/16/2006

11/16/2026

973A41276FFD01E027A2AAD49E34C37846D3E976FF6A620B6712E33832041AA6

5/3/2011

5/3/2031

05A6DB389391DF92E0BE93FDFA4DB1E3CF53903918B8D9D85A9C396CB55DF030

11/16/2006

11/16/2026

93A07898D89B2CCA166BA6F1F8A14138CE43828E491B831926BC8247D391CC72

5/3/2011

5/3/20317