[XERQ]

Verisign EV certs get the green text along with the name of the company in the browser (ex: https://paypal.com)

More information: http://www.verisign.com/ssl/ssl-information-center/extended-...

[gnu8]

All EV certificates provide that feature, not just the ones sold by Verisign. Are you a paid shill of Verisign?

In general, no one should ever do business with Verisign, due to their practice of domain slamming, their Site Finder misfeature, and other shady practices.

[GFischer]

Do they still do that? Thanks for pointing that out though, I found this:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/14/verisign_hit_with_sl...

through Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_scams#cite_note-6

"VeriSign was sued in 2002 for their actions in sending ambiguous emails informing people, often incorrectly, that their domain was about to expire and inviting them to click on a link to renew it. Renewing the domain resulted in the registration company being transferred to VeriSign from the previous registrar."

[smountcastle]

Verisign cannot do that anymore since they no longer operate a registrar (Network Solutions was spun-off/sold-off).

[GFischer]

Ok, I didn't know that. What I should investigate is whether the same people that authorized those shady tactics are still in charge there (or whether that culture persists).

[GFischer]

GoDaddy is listed among the issuers of EV certificates on Wikipedia, so don't they offer them? :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificate

(I don't know the difference between standard SSL certificates and EV ones)

[DanManAz]

GoDaddy does look like they offer them:

http://www.godaddy.com/ssl/ssl-extended-validation.aspx