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to: Mike N.
from: Glenn Meadows
date: 2007-01-14 21:55:56
subject: Re: Extended Validation Certificates are here

From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Nor mine.  What piece are we missing?  I have the phishing filter enabled.

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Glenn M.
"Mike N."  wrote in message
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>
>  It doesn't turn green for me on any of my IE7 systems.
> https://www.entrust.com/
>
>
>
> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/new_web_site_identity_tags
_mak_1.html
>
> A long-promised technology for helping consumers verify the legitimacy of
> commercial Web sites made its debut on the Internet Friday: Visit online
> security company Entrust's login page with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7
> Web browser and you'll notice that the address bar has turned from white
> to
> green.
>
> Entrust's site appears to be the first to feature what are being called
> "extended validation certificates," a development that is equal parts
> technology, process and collaboration. It comes in response to an epidemic
> of phishing attacks, or online scams in which bad guys erect Web sites
> that
> impersonate trusted e-commerce and banking sites in order to trick users
> into revealing personal and financial data.
>
> "EV certs," as they're known in the industry, are meant to
serve as a more
> user-friendly version of secure-sockets layer (SSL) certificates, the
> digital placards long handed out by Entrust and other "certificate
> authorities" that are meant to signify to consumers that they are on a
> site
> that uses encryption technology. The goal is to assure visitors that
> unauthorized third parties can't intercept user names, passwords, and
> other
> sensitive data that consumers enter when shopping or banking online.
> ..............

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