[cabfpub] Ballot 104: Domain verification for EV certificates

[Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)]

On 07/04/2013 07:49 PM, From Jeremy Rowley:
>
> As a reminder – voting on this ballot is underway.  Voting ends on 
> Tuesday the 9^th .  Please remember to vote before then.
>

Assuming that I'm reading the proposed changes correctly, this ballot 
means that we could easily see in the future EV certificates for 
microsoft.com or paypal.com under the name of "SomeISP, Inc.".

I believe this defeats the purpose of a higher validation standard which 
EV was originally meant to be including the added benefit for visitors 
to the relevant web sites - even though implementations by browser 
vendors are not subject to any standard, nevertheless the organization 
names are prominently listed in the browser bar with most.

Under this assumption I believe this proposal doesn't serve the 
interests of the relying parties well and StartCom votes NO.


Regards
Signer: 	Eddy Nigg, COO/CTO
	StartCom Ltd. <http://www.startcom.org>
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