bugs.gnupg.org TLS certificate

Ville Määttä mailing-lists at asatiifm.net
Fri Mar 13 15:02:26 CET 2015


On 13.03.15 15:27, Werner Koch wrote:
> The more expensive CAs are only selling you a fashionable background
> color for your the client's address bar.

Essentially, that's it :).

There are however clearly defined hard requirements to the Extended
Validation, aka "green bar" level. That is, more involved validation of
the organization and the person requesting the certificate. But those EV
certs can be had for cheaper than hundreds of dollars per year.

-- 
Ville

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