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> Your passport, for example, doesn't prove that you're a > nice person. Communicating this to end users is a > challenge: even network engineers have been con
by GrinningFool 11y ago
> Your passport, for example, doesn't prove that you're a
> nice person. Communicating this to end users is a
> challenge: even network engineers have been confused by this.
This just seems like a straw man argument. I can't say that I've encountered either a network engineer or even an end user (s/EV/green icon) who thinks that an EV says anything about the quality of the company they're working with. End users accept that it means 'more secure'. Network engineers of average ability or above do, in fact, know better.
- mikemaccana 11y ago(replying from old openid account due to rate limit) There's a specific person that's well known on HN that mentioned a pirate site had an EV cert at Edge conf, implying they shouldn't have been able to get one. They have a registered business, and a real address in London, and the EV cert simply assures that identity. Most people in network ops have very little idea of EV,so I don't think naming individuals is productive. See 'Do DV or EV SSL certificates mean this is a good company?' at https://certsimple.com/blog/are-ev-ssl-certificates-worth-it https://certsimple.com/blog/are-ev-ssl-certificates-worth-it