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by Pyramids 4388 days ago
As it stands, the majority of CA's do not verify any of this information, besides a very cursory email verification.

Exceptions would obviously include higher priced (OV/EV) certificates, which are no different cryptographically. Even the CA mentioned (GlobalSign) states this fairly clearly on their website.[1]

[1] https://www.globalsign.com/ssl-information-center/types-of-s...