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		TZubiri 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PuTTY has a new website Certificates have fields for location, company or name of person.

viraptor 8 months ago | [–]

They mean very little. Even the fully reviewed software signing cert I got with id validation was a total hack job (company didn't know how to read my ID, asked to change some field and they did).

mbrndtgn 8 months ago | [–]

So you're suggesting we should bring back extended validation? Currently they don't mean anything.

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