Duane wrote:
> We can assume (with some certainty, anyone that has dealt with small
> companies will know how much they can penny pinch) because of cost very
> few people will purchase EV certificates, in my opinion it will be a
> really small amount, perhaps 1, or at most 2% of all certificates
> purchased (I think someone else mentioned that Verisign only expects
> 1%), so we are left with a situation of EV certificates only covering 1%
> of business, this will either discriminate against small business that
> doesn't have a business case to pay exorbitant fees for SSL certificates
> or they will simply not use SSL at all so there is no warnings presented
> to users, this could have a very negative effect rather then a positive one.
>   
Here is an article concerning that 1 %  statement:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/25/verisign_extended_validation/


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