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Extended Validation Certificate

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An Extended Validation Certificate (EV) is a certificate used for HTTPS websites and software that proves the legal entity controlling the website or software package. [1]

63 relations: Address bar, Application software, Buypass, CA/Browser Forum, Certificate authority, CNET, Comodo Group, CyberTrust, DigiCert, DigiNotar, Domain name, Domain-validated certificate, Encryption software, Entrust, ETSI, Firefox, GeoTrust, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, Google Chrome, HTTP Strict Transport Security, HTTPS, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, Legal person, Melih Abdulhayoğlu, Microsoft, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Research, Microsoft Windows, Network Solutions, Object identifier, Opera (web browser), Operating system, Peter Gutmann (computer scientist), Phishing, PKIoverheid, Public key certificate, Qihoo 360, Qualified website authentication certificate, Race to the bottom, Safari (web browser), Software, Stanford University, Starfield Technologies, StartCom, Swisscom, SwissSign, Symantec, T-Systems, ..., Thawte, The Wall Street Journal, Transport Layer Security, Trustwave Holdings, User interface, Verisign, Verizon Communications, Web browser, Web server, Website, Wells Fargo, Wildcard certificate, .onion. Expand index (13 more) »

Address bar

In a web browser, the address bar (also location bar or URL bar) is a graphical control element that shows the current URL.

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Application software

An application software (app or application for short) is a computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user.

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Buypass

Buypass AS is an ETSI-certified certificate authority(CA) issuing SSL certificates, Enterprise Certificates and Person ID based on the PKI-standard.

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CA/Browser Forum

The Certification Authority Browser Forum, also known as CA/Browser Forum, is a voluntary consortium of certification authorities, vendors of Internet browser software, operating systems, and other PKI-enabled applications that promulgates industry guidelines governing the issuance and management of X.509 v.3 digital certificates that chain to a trust anchor embedded in such applications.

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Certificate authority

In cryptography, a certificate authority or certification authority (CA) is an entity that issues digital certificates.

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CNET

CNET (stylized as c|net) is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Comodo Group

Comodo is a cyber security company headquartered in Clifton, New Jersey in the United States.

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CyberTrust

CyberTrust was a security services company formed in Virginia in November 2004 from the merger of TruSecure and Betrusted.

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DigiCert

DigiCert Inc is a privately held, US-based X.509 SSL certificate authority (CA).

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DigiNotar

DigiNotar was a Dutch certificate authority owned by VASCO Data Security International, Inc. On September 3, 2011, after it had become clear that a security breach had resulted in the fraudulent issuing of certificates, the Dutch government took over operational management of DigiNotar's systems.

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Domain name

A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.

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Domain-validated certificate

A domain-validated certificate (DV) is an X.509 digital certificate typically used for Transport Layer Security (TLS) where the domain name of the applicant has been validated by proving some control over a DNS domain.

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Encryption software

Encryption software is software that uses cryptography to prevent unauthorized access to digital information.

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Entrust

Entrust Inc.

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ETSI

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the telecommunications industry (equipment makers and network operators) in Europe, headquartered in Sophia-Antipolis, France, with worldwide projection.

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Firefox

Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation.

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GeoTrust

GeoTrust is a digital certificate provider.

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GlobalSign

GlobalSign is a WebTrust-certified certificate authority (CAs) and provider of Identity Services.

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GoDaddy

GoDaddy Inc. is an American publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company.

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Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google LLC.

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HTTP Strict Transport Security

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy mechanism that helps to protect websites against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking.

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HTTPS

HTTP Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet.

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Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included in the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995.

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Internet Explorer 7

Windows Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) (codenamed Rincon) is a web browser for Windows.

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Legal person

A legal person (in legal contexts often simply person, less ambiguously legal entity) is any human or non-human entity, in other words, any human being, firm, or government agency that is recognized as having privileges and obligations, such as having the ability to enter into contracts, to sue, and to be sued.

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Melih Abdulhayoğlu

Melih Abdulhayoğlu (born March 10, 1968) is a Turkish American entrepreneur and CEO of Comodo Group, an Internet security company he founded in the United Kingdom in 1998 and relocated to the US in 2004.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

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Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge (codename "Spartan") is a web browser developed by Microsoft and included in Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile and Xbox One, replacing Internet Explorer as the default web browser on all device classes.

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Microsoft Research

Microsoft Research is the research subsidiary of Microsoft.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

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Network Solutions

Network Solutions, LLC is an American-based technology company founded in 1979.

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Object identifier

In computing, object identifiers or OIDs are an identifier mechanism standardized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and ISO/IEC for naming any object, concept, or "thing" with a globally unambiguous persistent name.

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Opera (web browser)

Opera is a web browser for Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems developed by Opera Software AS.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

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Peter Gutmann (computer scientist)

Peter Claus Gutmann is a computer scientist in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Phishing

Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

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PKIoverheid

PKIoverheid is the Public-key infrastructure (PKI) from the Dutch government.

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Public key certificate

In cryptography, a public key certificate, also known as a digital certificate or identity certificate, is an electronic document used to prove the ownership of a public key.

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Qihoo 360

Qihoo 360 (approximate pronunciation CHEE-hoo), full name Qihoo 360 Technology Co.

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Qualified website authentication certificate

A qualified website authentication certificate (QWAC certificate) is a qualified digital certificate under the trust services defined in the eIDAS Regulation.

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Race to the bottom

The race to the bottom is a socio-economic phrase which is used to describe government deregulation of the business environment, or reduction in tax rates, in order to attract or retain economic activity in their jurisdictions.

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Safari (web browser)

Safari is a web browser developed by Apple based on the WebKit engine.

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Software

Computer software, or simply software, is a generic term that refers to a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built, that actually performs the work.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Starfield Technologies

Starfield Technologies is a business entity related to GoDaddy, the American internet domain registrar and web hosting company that also sells e-business related software and services.

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StartCom

StartCom was a certificate authority based in Beijing, People's Republic of China that had three main activities: StartCom Linux Enterprise (Linux distribution), StartSSL (certificate authority) and MediaHost (web hosting).

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Swisscom

Swisscom AG is a major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.

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SwissSign

SwissSign, a joint venture of Swiss Post and SBB, is an expert in trusted certificates and digital signature.

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Symantec

Symantec Corporation (commonly known as Symantec) is an American software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.

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T-Systems

T-Systems is a German global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Frankfurt.

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Thawte

Thawte Consulting (pronounced "thought") is a certificate authority (CA) for X.509 certificates.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Transport Layer Security

Transport Layer Security (TLS) – and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which is now deprecated by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) – are cryptographic protocols that provide communications security over a computer network.

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Trustwave Holdings

Trustwave Holdings is an information security company that provides threat, vulnerability and compliance management services and technologies for more than 3 million business customers in 96 countries.

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User interface

The user interface (UI), in the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur.

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Verisign

Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Reston, Virginia, United States that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the,, and generic top-level domains and the and country-code top-level domains, and the back-end systems for the,, and top-level domains.

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Verizon Communications

Verizon Communications Inc., or simply Verizon, is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Web browser

A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for accessing information on the World Wide Web.

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Web server

Web server refers to server software, or hardware dedicated to running said software, that can serve contents to the World Wide Web.

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Website

A website is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and published on at least one web server.

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Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with central offices throughout the country.

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Wildcard certificate

In computer networking, a wildcard certificate is a public key certificate which can be used with multiple subdomains of a domain.

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.onion

.onion is a special-use top level domain suffix designating an anonymous hidden service reachable via the Tor network.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificate

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