Show HN: Fast and simple way to get EV SSL certificates

Re:Show HN: Fast and simple way to get EV SSL certificates by feld on Monday March 16, 2015 @10:39AM (#9211659)

You can impress me by not charging a ridiculous extra amount for wildcard or UCC certificates. They cost you nothing to generate. It's a scam.

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Re:Show HN: Fast and simple way to get EV SSL certificates by mikemaccana on Monday March 16, 2015 @11:18AM (#9211900)

Mike from CertSimple, replying from ye-olde-openid account:

Wildcards don't exist for EV (non-EV certs allow you to register *.whatever.com, then make github.com.whatever.com).

Totally agreed re SANS. I'd like that to change too. Once we switch to evergreen browsers, some of the newer CAs will hopefully shake up the market a little.

Side note: all certificates these days are SANS (ie, nearly everyone has non-www and www, and the actual CN isn't looked at except as a fallback in old IE).

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Re:Show HN: Fast and simple way to get EV SSL certificates by feld on Monday March 16, 2015 @02:40PM (#9213373)

I didn't notice that CertSimple was EV-cert only. I can't imagine anyone requiring an EV cert for a wildcard... :-)

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