Extended Validation SSL certificates

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Extended Validation SSL certificates

Tonearm

6:17 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

I'm working on getting an Extended Validation SSL certificate. I just spoke with GeoTrust and they tell me that my parent company's name would have to be included in the validated entity declaration something like this:

WebsiteName.com (Parent Company Name)

Has anyone seen an example of this online? I'd like to see what it looks like in the address bar.

not2easy

6:35 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

That would not be seen as part of your URL, it is stored in the certificate and transmitted invisibly to the browser.

bhukkel

7:09 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

Chrome displays the organization name in the browser. See for example ing.nl a dutch bank.

Tonearm

7:39 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

That would not be seen as part of your URL, it is stored in the certificate and transmitted invisibly to the browser.

Sure, but some (most?) browsers present it in the address bar for Extended Validation.

Chrome displays the organization name in the browser. See for example ing.nl a dutch bank.

[ing.nl...] doesn't use Extended Validation does it?

bhukkel

7:56 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

According to chrome [ing.nl...] is using: VeriSign Class 3 Extended Validation SSL SGC CA

Tonearm

8:21 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

I thought EV meant that most browsers would put your entire company name inside the address bar in a special green box for https requests. It looks like Firefox does that for ing.nl but Chromium does not. Shouldn't Chromium do this too?

bhukkel

8:29 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

Yes chrome displays the company name for me..in this example
ing bank n.v. [NL]

are You using Google Chrome or another Chromium built?

Tonearm

8:39 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

I'm using Chromium 37.0.2062.94. Which version of Chrome are you using?

bhukkel

8:57 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

Chrome 37.0.2062.120 m (64-bit)

Tonearm

9:19 pm on Sep 19, 2014 (gmt 0)

Thanks bhukkel.

I was thinking it over and I think I'm better off without EV. In the address bar, I'd rather have:

www.websitename.com

than:

WebsiteName.com (Parent Company Name) www.websitename.com

That would just be confusing and counterproductive.