Date: 19 April 2010

Common web browsers are now with the HKPCA root certificate included or available

The root certificate (Hongkong Post Root CA 1) of the Hongkong Post Certification Authority (HKPCA) has been included by Mozilla in its latest version of the Firefox web browser.

Common web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox now come with the HKPCA root certificate included or available. Users of these web browsers visiting websites that are installed with the Hongkong Post e-Cert (Server) certificate will be free from certain alert messages or manual intervention when their browsers establish a secure connection to these websites.

More information is available at web pages about e-Cert (Server).