[caops-wg] Extended Validation certificates

[Mike Helm]

>From the CA/Browser forum, which apparently put up a website recently.

Objectives:
http://cabforum.org/objectives.html
"EV SSL Certificates establish online businesses identity by
 confirming the certificate holder's legal and physical existence."

(See link - emphasis on phishing/id fraud prevention, somehow)

Vetting process:
http://cabforum.org/vetting.html
"The Extended Validation (EV) SSL vetting process will
 validate the requestor's domain control and verify the
 requesting entity's legal existence and identity:" (see link)