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Root Causes 539: What Is the Two-QWAC Architecture?

Root Causes 539: What Is the Two-QWAC Architecture?

Update: 2025-10-22
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A new kind of eIDAS QWAC (Qualifieid Website Authentication Certificate) is on the way. The "two-QWAC architecture" introduces a second certificate containing organization information to be displayed by the browser, to sit alongside but independent of the certificate that authenticates a domain. We explain what's coming and why.
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Root Causes 539: What Is the Two-QWAC Architecture?

Root Causes 539: What Is the Two-QWAC Architecture?

Tim Callan and Jason Soroko