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Building a certificate authority for the whole Internet

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The supplied page is a Cloudflare blog entry titled "Building a certificate authority for the whole Internet," categorized under Cryptography, Post‑Quantum, Security and TLS. Only the site navigation, tags and header are present in the supplied content; the substantive text that would state the authors’ argument, describe the design and report findings is missing, so a definitive, evidence‑based summary cannot be produced from what was provided.

If the full page body is supplied, the requested two‑paragraph summary will describe why Cloudflare built a certificate authority (reasons such as reducing external dependencies, scaling automated issuance for many domains, and improving security and reliability), the concrete technical choices made (for example, HSM‑backed key management, automated issuance and renewal workflows, integration with Certificate Transparency and OCSP, and use of tooling like CFSSL), and the measurable outcomes or lessons (performance at scale, operational practices, security controls, and impacts for customers and the broader web). Please paste the missing main text or give access to the article body so an accurate 150-250‑word, two‑paragraph summary can be produced.

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