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> It isn't compromised. The private key being not private is the very definition of "compromised" when applied to the CA security architecture. Whether StartSSL has a different definition is completely immaterial to the Mozilla policy. Now you're right that it's not StartSSL's fault that OpenSSL suffered Heartbleed, but nor is it the various end customers' fault (unless they introduced the bug themselves?). So pinnin…
So in your opinion the one who actually buys and gets the certificate from the StartSSL web site must not share it with the system administrator? Or some second-in-command? IMO, as long as the key is only known to people who the rightful owner explicitly wanted it to possess, it is not compromised. This is just an extreme case of a troll wanting the whole world to have the key. It has nothing to do with Heartbleed! P…
This key is now public and must be revoked. Bottom line. StartSSL can even conceivably invoice him for the work, but they have to revoke it if they want to be a CA in a secure public-key infrastructure.