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Re:How not to run a CA by Diederich on Thursday March 01, 2018 @10:55AM (#16492927)
The bar for basic certs has been, for some time, an indication of control over the DNS domain in question.

In the past, the bar used to be much higher.

Whether a lower bar is a good idea or not I will leave to other more informed folk.

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Re:How not to run a CA by cortesoft on Thursday March 01, 2018 @12:47PM (#16494294)
When was it higher, and what made it higher? The only extra thing that you used to have to do is pay money....
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