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marcinzm
on Nov 3, 2022
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A large collection of fraudulent web stores
Wasn't that what the higher tier SSL certificates effectively aimed to do?
sofixa
on Nov 3, 2022
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Yes, EV(Extended Validation) was for that, the certificate authority had to verify you're a legitimate business with that name. However it didn't really work well:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/12/nope-...
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