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You will need an Extended Validation (EV) certificate to get your name in the bar. To get it to go green you "only" need a Domain Validation (DV) certificate.
by gerdesj 9y ago
You will need an Extended Validation (EV) certificate to get your name in the bar. To get it to go green you "only" need a Domain Validation (DV) certificate.
In simple terms: DV proves you own your DNS domain and EV proves that your real world entity owns the DNS domain.
Lets Encrypt will only do DV and quite right too. EV costs a far bit more because it should require some proper checks - for example checking Company's House in the UK for a Limited Company's details and matching them up against real people.
You can set a flag in Chrom{ium!e} that will put a link to the cert in the menu that drops down when you click on the green bit, saving you a trip to dev tools. Go to chrome://flags and search for "Show certificate link". Don't know why it isn't the default.
- antihero 9y agoYeah I figured that EV is out of scope for LetsEncrypt. Thanks for the tip about the flags!
- realityexists 9y ago> Go to chrome://flags and search for "Show certificate link". Don't know why it isn't the default. Thanks for this tip! I like to check the certificate, so this will save me some clicks. I also don't know why it's not enabled by default.