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Newb question: Is plain cert locally generated certificates (free), while EV certs are those you pay for from a "trusted authority"?
by Nilzor 12y ago
Newb question: Is plain cert locally generated certificates (free), while EV certs are those you pay for from a "trusted authority"?
- tokenizerrr 12y agoNo. A plain cert is one you normally buy, an EV cert stands for Extended Validation which only specific CAs can give out and there's extra guidelines for that, plus they're generally much more expensive. Browsers generally show the identity of the certificate in the URL bar when they are EV, which they otherwise do not.
- ayrx 12y agoThis link should explain the difference: http://security.stackexchange.com/q/15865/10211 http://security.stackexchange.com/q/15865/10211