Couldn browsers just turn the address bar green with the current Entrust SSL certificates?
top) While it would be possible to enable more prominent security features in browsers based on current SSL certificates, the problem is with the inconsistent level of validation behind current certificates. Some CA’s today perform much less rigorous validation checks on companies requesting SSL certificates which introduce the risk that a phishing site could acquire a valid SSL certificate. With that risk in mind, the CA/Browser Forum set out to establish a consistent, common set of validation guidelines which participating CA’s could follow, and which browser manufacturers could rely on before turning on more prominent security features such as the green address bar.
