Two recent updates to the baseline requirements will strengthen domain validation
On August 1, a couple of new changes to the baseline requirements that govern the issuance of digital certificates went into effect. Certificate Authorities are no longer allowed to use methods #1 and #5 from section 3.2.2.4 to validate domain ownership. Or, put in laymen’s terms, CAs will no longer be allowed rely solely upon WHOIS look ups and legal opinion letters to validate ownership of a domain.
There’s a little bit to unpack here, so let’s start from the top with a quick refresher on the CAB Forum before we get into the actual substance of the changes.
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