The Slow Death of EV Certificates
Understand the reasons behind the declining use of Extended Validation (EV) certificates in web security. Explore how EV certificates fail to provide additional protection compared to regular SSL certificates and why major browsers have reduced their visibility. This lesson helps you make informed, cost-effective decisions about SSL certificate selection for your applications.
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Introduction
More than once in my career I’ve been asked to provision an EV certificate for web applications, and every single time I managed to get out of it, not because of laziness, but because of the security implications of these certificates. In short, they don’t have any influence on security and cost a lot of money. Let’s learn what EV certificates are and why you don’t need to use one.
What are Extended Validation certificates?
Extended Validation ...