GeoTrust DV SSL, 1 FQN, 1 year

We verify domain ownership and take eight other steps to verify that your business is legitimate.

NOT EVERY SSL-SECURED WEBSITE IS AUTHENTIC

Your certificate determines the level of identity you verify.

Domain Validated (DV) certificates are the easiest SSL certificates to obtain, requiring only a one-step domain verification process. That means not every SSL-secured website signals a safe domain.

To understand what classifies as a DV, OV or EV SSL certificate, you must also understand how certificates are issued by authorized Certificate Authorities (CAs) like GeoTrust. CAs are trusted third parties that issue TLS/SSL certificates by authenticating several details related to a website and its ownership.

CERTIFICATES PROVIDE TWO LAYERS OF WEBSITE PROTECTION

Encrypting data and securing your brand.

TLS/SSL certificates are two things: first, they provide a secure connection between a website by encrypting the data that is passed between users and the domain. Secondly, certificates verify the ownership and identity of the business or person that owns the URL. Just as a certificate would in the physical world, a digital certificate is essentially certifying your right to represent your business or organization online.

DOMAIN VALIDATED SSL

Domain Validated (DV) certificates are the least-identity-validated SSL certificates and can be obtained quickly and easily—even by a malicious bot. These certificates are low-cost certificates that only require validation that a company or person can demonstrate control over a web domain for which they want to secure a certificate.

To obtain a DV certificate, a website owner will receive a confirmation email from the issuing CA to an email address listed in the domain’s WHOIS record. DV certificates are typically used by websites that do not conduct business or credit card transactions.

Types of websites that use DV certificates:

• Blogs
• Personal websites
• Any website that doesn’t conduct transactions or gather personal information