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Extended Validation SSL – coming soon, hopefully!
Another improvement for internet security is slowly spreading and will hopefully be adopted by major banks and e-commerce vendors in Australia soon.
Extended Validation SSL Certificates take your security a big step forward when dealing with internet banking and other sites. A normal SSL Certificate just gives you the “padlock” showing that you are encrypting the information exchanged between your computer and the website you are on.
EV certificates also verify who you are dealing with. In order to get one, a business much go through a rigorous process that can make months to complete, so as to prove beyond doubt the bona fides of the company to the certificate issuing authority.
At the moment, only Internet Explorer 7 supports the EV certs, but Firefox 3 will also support them. You can tell when a site is using one because the address bar turns green. Its a good thing and I for one hope every bank and financial institution starts using them soon.
