Recently I had a customer ask me When would you recommend an EV Certificate over a standard SSL certificate?

My response was simple: only when the business determines that having the green address bar outweighs the additional cost. The green address bar is looking to replace the gold lock in the bottom right as the standard for secure web sites. The below picture is Microsoft’s demonstration for EV SSL graphical interface:

There is no difference between a $15 GoDaddy Standard SSL certificate and a $1500 Verisign Secure Site Pro with EV certificate, at least thinking about cryptographic strength and browser acceptance. Should there be? Yes, the EV certificate does a stronger check against the issuer and the subject, and gives you the green bar. Is it worth 100x the cost?

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