# Cloudflare applies to become a certificate authority

_Published Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM EDT · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Cloudflare says it is applying to become a certificate authority and building one for the open web with post-quantum security. Its proposed approach combines an established root, an emphasis on ACME and Merkle Tree Certificates. The application comes twelve years after Cloudflare launched Universal SSL.

## Sources

- [Cloudflare (@Cloudflare)](https://x.com/Cloudflare/status/2104920385267413388)

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Canonical: https://techandbusiness.org/newswire/N7Fg3k9JGnGC1jqwFPR1Pb
Published: 2026-09-30T21:20:33.235Z
Story chronology: 2026-09-29T13:05:02.000Z
Retrieved: 2026-10-01T00:25:42.195Z
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