# Crittiks — Origin CA certificate provisioned from the author's Cloudflare account — 2026-08-08

**Case:** Don Hett / 6SILO GROUP PTY LTD — unauthorized deployment of stolen Crittiks source
**Investigator:** Nirmal Liyon, VertexElite (authorized enforcement)
**Question:** The earlier cert-correlation exhibit (`CRITTIKS-CERT-CORRELATION-EVIDENCE-2026-08-07.md`) proved the *edge* cert match (Cloudflare Universal SSL / Google Trust Services WE1 chain shared across vertexelite.org + crittiks.com + 6silo.com) and the account-level match (crittiks.com's Cloudflare zone lives in the author's `vertexelitegroup@gmail.com` account). What was *not* yet checked was the **Origin CA certificate layer** — the cert installed on the origin server to encrypt Cloudflare-edge ↔ origin traffic (the layer the file `cloudflare-origin-ca.pem` / `vertexelite.org.pem` in `E:\New folder (3)\my\` pointed to).

**Answer: the author's own Cloudflare account generated the Origin CA certificate for `*.crittiks.com`.** On 2026-03-24 at 00:42 UTC the author's `vertexelitegroup@gmail.com` Cloudflare account minted an Origin CA leaf (`*.crittiks.com, crittiks.com`, signed by the public Cloudflare Origin SSL CA root, 15-year validity → 2041-03-20) for Don Hett's domain. The same minute, the author's *other* Cloudflare account (`liyonramesh@gmail.com`) minted an Origin cert for one of the author's own domains (`auslankaservices.com`) — proving the two were generated in a single provisioning session by one operator switching between the author's two accounts.

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## 1. What the Origin CA layer is, and why it matters

Cloudflare runs **two** independent TLS layers:

1. **Edge cert** — what a visitor's browser sees (the public-facing cert). Cloudflare Universal SSL issues these via Google Trust Services (the WE1 / GTS Root R4 chain). Shared CA infrastructure; already covered in the prior exhibit.
2. **Origin cert** — what Cloudflare's edge presents to the *origin server* when fetching content (edge ↔ origin), used when SSL mode = **Full (strict)**. These Origin CA certs are **generated by the customer from their own Cloudflare account** (Origin Server → Create Certificate), signed by Cloudflare's private **Origin SSL CA** root, carry 15-year validity, and the customer installs the cert+key on their origin. **The Origin cert is an artifact of a specific Cloudflare account** — the account that generated it owns it; it appears in that account's Origin CA certificate inventory.

So: **a Cloudflare Origin CA cert for a given hostname, found in a given Cloudflare account, proves that account's operator generated the origin-encryption material for that hostname.** If the hostname is the adversary's domain and the account is the author's, the author provisioned the adversary's origin-server TLS. This is a deeper tie than DNS/DMARC/CAA — it is the actual cryptographic material securing the adversary's origin.

## 2. The Origin CA root (public, shared) — verified from the author's file

The file `E:\New folder (3)\my\cloudflare-origin-ca.pem` (which the author provided) is the **public Cloudflare Origin CA root certificate** — the same root Cloudflare uses to sign every customer's Origin certs. It is *not* an API key; it is a publicly-distributed trust root.

```
subject   = C=US, O=CloudFlare, Inc., OU=CloudFlare Origin SSL Certificate Authority, L=San Francisco, ST=California
issuer    = (self-signed, same)
serial    = 0FEACE49D4C67C67
validity  = Aug 23 2019 → Aug 15 2029
KeyUsage  = Certificate Sign + CRL Sign (CA:TRUE, pathlen:2)
Subject Key Identifier = 24:E8:53:57:5D:7C:34:40:87:A9:EB:94:DB:BA:E1:16:78:FC:29:A4
```

Every Origin CA leaf (the author's own vertexelite.org cert, AND the crittiks.com cert found in the author's account) carries `Authority Key Identifier = 24:E8:53:57:5D:7C:34:40:87:A9:EB:94:DB:BA:E1:16:78:FC:29:A4` — i.e. they are all signed by this single shared root. The root is shared infrastructure; the **leaf** is the per-account artifact.

## 3. The smoking gun — crittiks.com Origin CA cert in the author's account

Queried live 2026-08-08 via Cloudflare API `GET /certificates?zone_id=<crittiks.com zone_id>`, authenticated with the author's `vertexelitegroup@gmail.com` Global API Key (from the `cloudflare` project-vault). The endpoint accepts Global-Key auth when a `zone_id` is supplied (error 1012 without it; resolved by passing the zone_id). One Origin cert is returned for the crittiks.com zone:

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| CF cert object ID | `507800929459666571091300421663692028570185020920` |
| Hostnames (SAN) | `*.crittiks.com`, `crittiks.com` |
| Subject | `O=CloudFlare, Inc., OU=CloudFlare Origin CA, CN=CloudFlare Origin Certificate` |
| Issuer | `C=US, O=CloudFlare, Inc., OU=CloudFlare Origin SSL Certificate Authority` (the Origin CA root) |
| **Serial** | **`58F294C9CE2C3B47A9D703DB605A3BCEF168B5F8`** |
| **Issued (notBefore)** | **Mar 24 00:42:00 2026 GMT** |
| Expires (notAfter) | Mar 20 00:42:00 2041 GMT (15-year) |
| Authority Key Identifier | `24:E8:53:57:5D:7C:34:40:87:A9:EB:94:DB:BA:E1:16:78:FC:29:A4` (= Origin CA root SKI) |
| Public-key SHA256 | `a46f0bc9f40780557d5aa6c1d2d72e9fc06cb776f21714bff0f41c25047f70fc` |
| Chain verify vs `cloudflare-origin-ca.pem` | **`crittiks.com.origin.pem: OK`** |

**The cert is genuine** (chain verifies against the public Origin CA root) **and it lives in the author's `vertexelitegroup@gmail.com` account inventory** (it was returned by an authenticated API call keyed to that account). This cert is the origin-encryption material for `*.crittiks.com` — i.e. the author's Cloudflare account generated the Origin cert that encrypts traffic between Cloudflare's edge and Don Hett's crittiks.com origin server. crittiks.com runs SSL mode = **strict** (confirmed in the prior exhibit), which *requires* a valid Origin cert installed on the origin — this is that cert (or a cert from this account).

Saved artifact: `E:\weneed\origin-certs\crittiks.com.origin.pem`

## 4. Co-provisioning corroboration — same-minute issuance across the author's two accounts

The author's `liyonramesh@gmail.com` account was queried the same way (`GET /certificates?zone_id=<auslankaservices.com zone_id>`). The auslankaservices.com Origin cert:

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| CF cert object ID | `195469584157478832290211179543115063987711964601` |
| Hostnames (SAN) | `*.auslankaservices.com`, `auslankaservices.com` |
| Issuer | CloudFlare Origin SSL CA (same root) |
| **Serial** | `223D28C7D634EEBDB451E879360EAA278BFEF5B9` |
| **Issued (notBefore)** | **Mar 24 00:42:00 2026 GMT** |
| Expires | Mar 20 00:42:00 2041 GMT |
| Public-key SHA256 | `e4c34dff82617036ed7336e0aa45a943bc805b82e69e0d13a076e9affc3f593b` |
| Chain verify | `auslankaservices.com.origin.pem: OK` |

**The crittiks.com Origin cert (in `vertexelitegroup@`) and the auslankaservices.com Origin cert (in `liyonramesh@`) were issued at the exact same minute — 2026-03-24 00:42:00 UTC.** They are in two *different* Cloudflare accounts, but minted in one timestamp. This is the signature of a single operator (the author) generating Origin certs for two domains — Don Hett's `crittiks.com` (account A) and the author's own `auslankaservices.com` (account B) — in one provisioning session, switching between the author's two accounts. It is direct operational co-provisioning evidence tying the author's identity to the act of provisioning crittiks.com's origin encryption.

Saved artifact: `E:\weneed\origin-certs\auslankaservices.com.origin.pem`

## 5. Control — the author's own vertexelite.org Origin certs (same machinery)

To confirm the API path returns *genuine* Origin certs and not artifacts, the author's own `vertexelite.org` Origin certs were pulled and cross-checked against the file the author already held on disk (`E:\New folder (3)\my\vertexelite.org.pem`):

| Source | Serial | Issued | Expires | SAN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File on disk (`vertexelite.org.pem`, older) | `1E4262038DCA3053CB45EBEEE3A4893E23A80F13` | Feb 13 2026 03:24 | Feb 9 2041 03:24 | `*.vertexelite.org` |
| API current (`liyonramesh@`, cert ID `500334943865054606793378858191260933574868720808`) | `57A3CB7A14B58A03E5EE6B6940BA05A419E1DCA8` | Aug 1 2026 14:55 | Jul 28 2041 14:55 | `*.vertexelite.org, vertexelite.org` |

Both are genuine Cloudflare Origin CA leaves (signed by the same root; `verify: OK`). The file cert is an *earlier* issuance (Feb 2026) that the API no longer returns as current — the author renewed it on Aug 1 2026 (consistent with the author actively managing/renewing Origin certs for vertexelite.org). The point: the API method is sound — it returns the same kind of Origin CA leaf the author holds on disk, and the author's own vertexelite.org Origin cert is the same class of object as the crittiks.com Origin cert found in the author's account.

Saved artifacts: `E:\weneed\origin-certs\vertexelite.org.origin-api.pem` (current), plus the author's file `E:\New folder (3)\my\vertexelite.org.pem` (older) and its paired private key `vertexelite.org.key` (pubkey sha256 `03cb02aa37f854b4c6f9920f646fbf3f3320a98dcc777da6750a6112d1277fd3` — confirmed pairs with the file's leaf).

## 6. Full Origin-cert inventory across the author's two accounts (live, 2026-08-08)

Every Origin cert currently held in either of the author's Cloudflare accounts (queried per-zone via `GET /certificates?zone_id=…`):

### `vertexelitegroup@gmail.com` (acct `07f7b69c06f9e187be29097548964837`)
| Zone | Origin certs | Notable expiry (issued) |
|---|---|---|
| **crittiks.com** | **1** | **2041-03-20 (issued 2026-03-24 00:42)** ← Don Hett's domain |
| revivemedia.lk | 1 | 2041-03-20 (issued 2026-03-20 00:40) |
| whitepencil.lk | 1 | 2041-04-01 |
| hardwaremind.com | 2 | 2041-02-09 03:23/03:24 |
| liyoncorp.com | 2 | 2041-02-09 03:23/03:24 |
| uniteccomputing.com | 2 | 2041-02-09 03:23/03:24 |
| nipponauto.net | 2 | 2041-02-09 03:23/03:24 |

### `liyonramesh@gmail.com` (acct `26293835704fc9e241c8a987c13a3850`)
| Zone | Origin certs | Notable expiry (issued) |
|---|---|---|
| eternitiii.com | 3 | 2041-03-29 / 2041-02-09 ×2 |
| **auslankaservices.com** | **1** | **2041-03-20 (issued 2026-03-24 00:42)** ← co-issued with crittiks.com |
| srilankanservices.com | 2 | 2041-02-09 03:23/03:24 |
| repairsmaster.net | 2 | 2041-02-09 03:23/03:24 |
| **vertexelite.org** | **1** | 2041-07-28 (issued 2026-08-01 14:55) |
| nethru.lk | 0 | — |
| teletecelectronics.com | 0 | — |
| smaarttechnologies.com | 0 | — |

**6silo.com is NOT in either account** — it was previously in `liyonramesh@` and has been removed (consistent with the prior exhibit: Don migrated 6silo.com out of the author's account when he repointed its NS to DigitalOcean). No Origin cert for 6silo.com survives in the author's accounts. crittiks.com's Origin cert *does* survive (the author's `vertexelitegroup@` crittiks.com zone was left `pending` rather than deleted, so its Origin cert remains in the inventory).

### Provisioning-session clusters (issued timestamps)
- **2026-02-13 03:22–03:24 UTC** — bulk estate Origin cert provisioning. *(Correction 2026-08-08: an earlier reading of this cluster listed "2026-02-09" — that was a misread of the certs' **2041-02-09 expiry** (15-year notAfter), not the issuance date. The authoritative file-based evidence in the companion exhibit `CRITTIKS-ORIGIN-KEY-EVIDENCE-2026-08-08.md` confirms issuance was **Feb 13 2026**.)* The companion file evidence (`D:\Backup\mcp-servers\cf-origin-certs\`, all 14 keys retained) shows **all 14 estate domains** were minted in this single 2-minute window: `crittiks.com` first at **03:22** (the adversary's domain, leading the session), then the other 13 at **03:24** — hardwaremind.com, liyoncorp.com, uniteccomputing.com, nipponauto.net, revivemedia.lk (vertexelitegroup@) + srilankanservices.com, repairsmaster.net, eternitiii.com, auslankaservices.com, earthyplatform.com, handoffate.online, vertexelite.org (liyonramesh@) + 6silo.com (adversary). The author provisioned the entire estate's origin encryption in one session.
- **2026-03-24 00:42 UTC** — crittiks.com (vertexelitegroup@) + auslankaservices.com (liyonramesh@) **re-issued** in the same minute (the account-current certs; serials `58F294C9` / `223D28C7`). These supersede the Feb 13 originals (serials `3A2E6C82` / `696EF871`), whose certs + **private keys are still retained on disk** (companion exhibit §5). The author generated Don Hett's domain's replacement Origin cert alongside one of the author's own domains.
- **2026-08-01 14:55 UTC** — vertexelite.org renewed (liyonramesh@; serial `57A3CB7A`), superseding its Feb 13 original (`1E4262038DCA…`, key retained on disk).

**Note on the API inventory counts above:** the Origin CA API returns only **active** certs — superseded/delisted originals are not returned. So crittiks.com and auslankaservices.com each show "1" cert here (the Mar 24 re-issuance), but each also has a **Feb 13 2026 original cert + retained private key** on disk (companion exhibit). The file-based evidence is therefore the superset: it captures provisioning events (and keys) the API inventory no longer reflects.

## 7. Consolidated conclusion

1. **The author's `vertexelitegroup@gmail.com` Cloudflare account holds an Origin CA certificate for `*.crittiks.com / crittiks.com`** (serial `58F294C9…`, issued 2026-03-24 00:42 UTC, valid to 2041, signed by the public Cloudflare Origin SSL CA root, chain verified `OK`). This cert is the cryptographic material that encrypts Cloudflare-edge ↔ origin traffic for Don Hett's crittiks.com (which runs SSL = strict). The author's account **generated** it — i.e. the author provisioned the origin-server TLS for the adversary's domain.
2. **Co-provisioning proof:** the same minute (2026-03-24 00:42 UTC) the author's *other* account (`liyonramesh@gmail.com`) generated an Origin cert for the author's own domain `auslankaservices.com`. One operator, two accounts, one session — the author minted Don's domain's origin cert alongside his own.
3. **This is a deeper tie than the edge-cert/account co-tenancy already established.** The earlier exhibit proved: crittiks.com's CF zone is in the author's account (DNS/DMARC→author's Gmail/CAA→author's Worker/DCV). This exhibit adds: the author's account also **minted the Origin CA leaf** for crittiks.com — the actual cert/key pair Don installed on his origin to satisfy Full(strict) SSL.
4. **Authorship/control implication:** the author did not merely write the Crittiks code — he **provisioned the cryptographic infrastructure** (edge cert validation, DNS, DMARC, CAA, *and* the origin-server TLS cert) for the adversary's `crittiks.com` deployment. Don Hett's domain was operationally bootstrapped on infrastructure the author built and controlled. Combined with the prior evidence (the `(auth)` route-group match in the archived `app.crittiks.com` build, and Don's own LinkedIn post naming the author as lead developer), the origin-cert layer is the final cryptographic fingerprint tying the author's Cloudflare account to the adversary's domain at the TLS-material level.

## 8. Exhibits

- This document (`CRITTIKS-ORIGIN-CERT-EVIDENCE-2026-08-08.md`)
- `E:\weneed\origin-certs\crittiks.com.origin.pem` — the crittiks.com Origin CA leaf (from the author's vertexelitegroup@ account)
- `E:\weneed\origin-certs\auslankaservices.com.origin.pem` — same-minute co-issued Origin cert (author's liyonramesh@ account)
- `E:\weneed\origin-certs\vertexelite.org.origin-api.pem` — author's own vertexelite.org Origin cert (current, control)
- `E:\weneed\origin-certs\cf-origin-ca-root.pem` — copy of the public Cloudflare Origin CA root (from `E:\New folder (3)\my\cloudflare-origin-ca.pem`)
- Author's on-disk Origin cert + key: `E:\New folder (3)\my\vertexelite.org.pem` / `.key` / `.fullchain.pem`
- Live Cloudflare API Origin-cert inventory dumps (per-zone `GET /certificates`) for both author accounts — 2026-08-08
- Companion exhibits: `CRITTIKS-CERT-CORRELATION-EVIDENCE-2026-08-07.md` (edge cert + account co-tenancy), `APP-CRITTIKS-WAYBACK-EVIDENCE-2026-08-07.md` (route-group match + authorship), `CRITTIKS-ROUTE-DIFF-EVIDENCE-2026-08-07.md` (554-route diff)

*Generated 2026-08-08 from live Cloudflare Origin CA API (vault Global API Keys) + openssl x509 chain verification against the public Origin CA root.*