Editing SSL Certificate Validation Info (section)

== Domain validated SSL certificates (DV) ==

For this type of certificate, only the control over the domain, for which the certificate is supposed to be issued, is validated (Domain Control Validation, DCV). Simply put, the applicant has to prove that it is indeed her domain, and not somebody else's.
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'''Validation method EMAIL'''<br>
The most common way to do this, is to approve a validation email that the certificate issuer sends to an email address that is connected to the domain. For example, if a certificate for example.com is requested, the issuer may send an email to admin@example.com. The email usually contains an approval link that the applicant can click as soon as she receives the email.
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'''Validation method DNSZONE'''<br>
Another way to prove domain control is to modify the DNS: A certain DNS resource record must be added to the zone information of the domain. For example: abcde01234.example.com. CNAME vwxyz56789.example.com.
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'''Validation method URL'''<br>
When this method is chosen, domain control must be proven by placing a file with a certain content at the root of the domain. For example: <u><nowiki>http://example.com/abcde01234.txt</nowiki></u> having the content vwxyz56789.
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