Re:14,766 Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates Issued to PayPal Ph...
by lfam on Sunday March 26, 2017 @01:40PM
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> That would imply that there is no security benefit whatsoever provided by a DV certificate.
The security benefit is that the connection to the server is authenticated and encrypted. Nobody in between can inspect or mutate the data. This is a huge win over unauthenticated HTTP.
The security benefit is that the connection to the server is authenticated and encrypted. Nobody in between can inspect or mutate the data. This is a huge win over unauthenticated HTTP.