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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">This is the Chairman of StartCom's board, Xiaosheng Tan. StartCom has experienced a very difficult time in our re-inclusion process. Due to some comments and decisions made by the Mozilla community,
which are followed by some other browsers, StartCom’s board made a difficult but final decision after careful consideration. We will initiate the termination procedure of the StartCom business. The liquidation procedure will begin and follow our CPS and internal
procedures. We´ll set January 1st 2018 as the termination date and will stop issuing certificates therefrom. We will maintain our CRL and OCSP service for two more years from January 1st 2018. The three pairs of StartCom key Roots will be eliminated after
that time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">On behalf of the StartCom’s board, I would like to thank Mozilla Community, especially Gervase, for their positive influence on StartCom. Thanks for your explicit decision making, so that we could
know what to do in the next step and no more detour. We really appreciate that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Also, Qihoo 360, even as the largest security company in China, is extremely impressed by Cure53’s high efficient work.Thanks for Cure53’s top level security audit, which made us realize that
we still have room for improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">There is no doubt that Inigo made an excellent work since we decided to let him do the CEO job. His great experience helped StartCom save a lot of time and money. Also, I would like to thank all
the StartCom staff for their excellent work during this tough time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Yes, of course we will still contribute to Community and focus on security research. During the last ten years, the 360 security research teams have discovered hundreds of vulnerabilities in the
major software companies and earned many acknowledgments in the world. Qihoo 360 and the PKI community share the same goal, which is making the internet a better place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Xiaosheng Tan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:15.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:微软雅黑;color:gray">Beijing Qihoo Technology Co.,Ltd (Qihoo 360)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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