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> What good would that header do? It would protect against MitM attacks where the attacker has fraudulently obtained a non-EV certificate, such as through CA c
by tonyztan 9y ago
> What good would that header do?
It would protect against MitM attacks where the attacker has fraudulently obtained a non-EV certificate, such as through CA compromise or a BGP attack, especially since EV certs are required to have CT log entries. I guess since Expect-CT already solves this, Expect-EV may not be that helpful.
>EV certificates are not available to everyone.
I agree this is a problem. EV should be available to anyone anywhere willing and able to prove their legal identity, be it a person or an organization. Then if someone uses EV to phish, they can be held accountable.
>how do you enforce a requirement like that
If this becomes standard, then we can train users to expect EV indicators when asked for payment data. Any site asking for it without EV would automatically become out-of-the-norm.