Your certificates should never be signed by the root - this is prohibited by the CA/B Forum (see Baseline Reqs 6.1.7). My understanding of best practices is that the root signs intermediates then is taken offline ASAP, and the intermediates sign leaf certificates.
Re: Starfield, GoDaddy (and AWS) use the name in trade but operate the issuance. The dev-sec-policy mailing lists should detail any transfers of ownership (in which cases, it is common to maintain an old brand name under a new root).
Your certificates should never be signed by the root - this is prohibited by the CA/B Forum (see Baseline Reqs 6.1.7). My understanding of best practices is that the root signs intermediates then is taken offline ASAP, and the intermediates sign leaf certificates.
Re: Starfield, GoDaddy (and AWS) use the name in trade but operate the issuance. The dev-sec-policy mailing lists should detail any transfers of ownership (in which cases, it is common to maintain an old brand name under a new root).