Only ssl certificates with extended validation ev will trigger high security web browsers to display a green address bar with the name of the organization that owns the ssl certificate and the name of the certificate authority.
Green bar ssl example.
If you have purchased and installed a green bar ssl certificate then you need not buy a new one and can enable the ev green address bar in all.
Extended validation ev ssl certificates give website visitors an easy and reliable way to establish trust online.
And customers do not have to be fearful about sharing their personal or financial details.
Types of browser views with ov ssl certificates.
In 2006 a group of leading ssl certificate authorities ca and browser vendors approved standard practices for ssl certificate validation and display called the extended.
Chrome shows padlock business name country code and https in green font.
The highly desirable green bar will appear in the address bar of firefox when your ssl certificate is installed successfully the web page in question is 100 secure content and the ssl certificate is able to validate whois and company information among other information.
Digicert extended validation ev ssl certificates help improve conversion rates and customer confidence with green bar assurance.
The example of an ev ssl certificate interface is shown in the image below.
The green bar was a marker that was given with ev or extended validation certificates.
It has been done correctly and is working the issue is that chrome does not show the company name in the green address bar just shows the green padlock and green https like you get when you have a standard ssl certificate.
Us which shows that business is genuine and been verified by the trusted certificate authority.
The ev ssl certificate green bar also displays the business name in the browser address bar.
In each browser the address bar displays an organization name e g thawte inc.
I just installed a ev ssl certificate on my server.
With ev certificates there are additional steps of verification required than with dv certificates for example which only authenticate ownership of a domain which confirm the physical existence of a company and that the company owns the specified domain.
A display next to the green bar will toggle between the organization name listed in the ssl certificate and the certificate authority comodo or trustico for example.
Once the ssl certificate gets installed the business information shows in the browser address bar.
Firefox shows a green padlock business name and country code in green font and https.
With ev ssl certificate the applicant can prove the authenticity of the company and website by following extended validation process.