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> It used to be that to get a SSL certificate you had to provide a Dun & Bradstreet ID, and go through a minor audit. What kind of audit? And was it conducted
by nulbyte 3y ago
> It used to be that to get a SSL certificate you had to provide a Dun & Bradstreet ID, and go through a minor audit.
What kind of audit? And was it conducted by DNB? If so, some audit it must have been.
I can't speak to the time before, but these days, DNB is a scam in and of itself. Just last year, the FTC finalized its order against them for deceptively selling a junk business credit monitoring service and failing to correct errors on business credit reports--even today, they'll tell you they don't know who provided the data that they themselves collected in the first place.
- miah_ 3y agoIt wasn't a "audit" in the sense it is today, just a 'is this a real business?' 'not impersonating another business/person' kind of audit. Wasn't too difficult to pass if you had a business set up. It was conducted by the company issuing the SSL certificate. Getting your initial cert could take anywhere from 24hours to a few days. Once you were set up renewals weren't a big deal. Nowadays its all automated of course, anybody can get a cert easily and thats great!