# CAs MUST NOT rely on Methods 3.2.2.4.2 and 3.2.2.4.15 to issue Subscriber Certificates. — TLS certificate and CA requirement effective dates (CA/Browser Forum, Chrome, Mozilla)

For CAs MUST NOT rely on Methods 3.2.2.4.2 and 3.2.2.4.15 to issue Subscriber Certificates., requirement is CAs MUST NOT rely on Methods 3.2.2.4.2 and 3.2.2.4.15 to issue Subscriber Certificates; effective date is 2025-07-15; baseline requirements section is 3.2.2.4; authority is CA/Browser Forum TLS Baseline Requirements; scope is all publicly-trusted CAs issuing TLS server certificates, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Requirement:** CAs MUST NOT rely on Methods 3.2.2.4.2 and 3.2.2.4.15 to issue Subscriber Certificates. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2025-07-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Baseline Requirements section:** 3.2.2.4 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Authority:** CA/Browser Forum TLS Baseline Requirements _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** all publicly-trusted CAs issuing TLS server certificates _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 2025-07-15 | 3.2.2.4 | CAs MUST NOT rely on Methods 3.2.2.4.2 and 3.2.2.4.15 to issue Subscriber Certificates.

## Source

- https://cabforum.org/working-groups/server/baseline-requirements/requirements/

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2026-11-03.
Part of [TLS certificate and CA requirement effective dates (CA/Browser Forum, Chrome, Mozilla)](https://referencesource.org/tls-certificate-requirement-effective-dates/).