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Extended Validation SSL, More Secure or Just a Racket?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fun-with-revenue-generation dept.

Nalfeshnee writes "The Register is reporting on the new 'Extended Validation SSL' cert currently being touted by Verisign. Vista and IE7 will be using this but not, apparently, Firefox anytime soon. For this the Verisign Product Marketing Director Tim Callan squarely blames the Firefox dev team for 'not keeping up' with their new technology. However, the whole thing just seems to be a way for Verisign to enjoy ridiculous markup on selling 'more secure' certs."

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  1. Re:Color coded? by interiot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't worry. Once consumers realize that the new "super duper" certs are being given out to phishers as well, Verisign will come out with a 3rd level of verification ("extra super duper certificates") that cost 50% more, and they'll have to go to a numbering or lettering scheme ("1", "2", "3"). This will also facilitate the periodic addition of new levels whenever consumers realize Verisign still isn't doing the job they say they're getting paid to do.

  2. Fund raising idea for firefox by NaCh0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mozilla.org should get into the SSL certificate reselling business and set the location bar to green when one of the mozilla signed certs is present. Verisign could then have the option of paying a royalty to mozilla.org for each extended certificate if they want green URL bars too.