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andrerpena
Asked: 2012-10-24 03:00:07 +0800 CST

Do I need to have a company so that I can buy an SSL certificate that will display green at the address bar?

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I have a non-comercial website in which the users store some sensitive information so I feel the need to have a SSL certificate, but it seems that if I don't have a registered company I can't buy a green certificate.

I have some related questions:

  1. Is it true that if I don't have a company, I can't have a green certificate?
  2. If I issue a standard (non-business) certificate that won't go green (from GoDadday, for instance), will it go red? Or will it have a less ugly display.. something more neutral that won't scary the user.
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    1: yes, you need to have a company

    btw: What you mean is an extended validation (EV) certificate (I think its also called "class 3").

    2: no, it will be displayed "normally" - depending of the browser. If the CA is accepted and your certificate chain is installed correctly the browser will correctly display the encryption informations.

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