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Re:PuTTY has a new website by TZubiri on Saturday August 16, 2025 @12:22PM (#44924772)
Certificates have fields for location, company or name of person.
Re:PuTTY has a new website by viraptor on Saturday August 16, 2025 @04:54PM (#44926851)
They mean very little. Even the fully reviewed software signing cert I got with id validation was a total hack job (company didn't know how to read my ID, asked to change some field and they did).
Re:PuTTY has a new website by mbrndtgn on Sunday August 17, 2025 @02:44AM (#44929456)
So you're suggesting we should bring back extended validation? Currently they don't mean anything.