OV requires users actually open the certificate (assuming browser support), hit "details", then scroll down to the Subject section. Then, if there is an O= section there, you can read the Organisation name. That field is missing in a DV cert.
The CA industry wants us to believe the average user does this regularly, in order to determine trust in a website. It's absurd.
OV requires users actually open the certificate (assuming browser support), hit "details", then scroll down to the Subject section. Then, if there is an O= section there, you can read the Organisation name. That field is missing in a DV cert.
The CA industry wants us to believe the average user does this regularly, in order to determine trust in a website. It's absurd.