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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 Zeinfeld · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I'm colorblind. Would I ever notice the difference?

    yes, Microsoft has thought of that one, there are other, non colour cues.

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