to their now-existing entry on Thawte's Web of Trust Notary Map. Thawte Notaries from within and without GSWoT are performing the validations. The initiative will bear no fruit if Thawte Notaries fail to find or create a WoT that will recognise their former status as a Thawte Web of Trust Notary. The Thawte WoT Notaries List on GSWoT was maintained until 16 November 2010. CAcert, the free certification authority, took over a large part of the participants of the Thawte Web of Trust through a special programme. See also Cryptography Public key certificate SSL Transport Layer Security References External links Thawte Germany Thawte France Former certificate authorities Companies established in 1995 Companies established in 2001 South African inventions South African brands