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Some onion websites use the certificate as an anti-phishing measure. Since onion domains are hard to remember, a certificate can verify that you are, indeed, co
by surround 6y ago
Some onion websites use the certificate as an anti-phishing measure. Since onion domains are hard to remember, a certificate can verify that you are, indeed, connected to e.g. Facebook’s servers and not a phishing website.
- bawolff 6y agoPresumably worked a lot better when EV certs got the fancy UI
- lights0123 6y agoThat's EV though, and it looks like DigiCert is the only one that does it for .onion: https://crt.sh/?Identity=%25.onion https://crt.sh/?Identity=%25.onion They do offer ACME though: https://docs.digicert.com/certificate-tools/Certificate-lifecycle-automation-index/acme-user-guide/ https://docs.digicert.com/certificate-tools/Certificate-life...