Re: Extended Validation SSL Certificates

[krymson () gmail com]

1. Sadly, even if people don't know what a green bar means, the major browser players will make sure you care. Instead 
of a quickly dismissed pop-up dialog box, recent browser versions render a full error page. In IE7, you then have to 
unintuitively click the *red* link to proceed in an "unsafe" fashion.

2. Some info on the process can be found here: http://www.terminal23.net/2009/01/ev_ssl_fail_or_how_to_rebrand.html


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W W wrote:
> I guess this begs the question on whether extended validation certs
> are really worth their merit. You are correct in the information you
> provide to cert companies is not much more then what you would provide
> for a standard cert. Technically they are no more secure than your
> standard cert so what is the point? How many users out there really
> know what the "green bar" bar really means or even care?

I don't know, but based on the general awareness of such things by
ordinary users I would guess not that many. What type of clients you
target is certainly a factor consider before purchasing one.

Odd

> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Odd wrote:
> > s0h0us wrote:
> > > Can anyone share their experiences with the purchase of these certs?
> > > I've heard the amount of information that needs to be supplied and
> > > the due diligence required is a difficult and long process.
> > Some months ago I purchased one from Verisign for a
> > multinational company. It took a while to get it, but there
> > was no more job than for regular certs.
> >
> > Odd