Gerv wrote: I would say that the EV Guidelines allow EV issuers to trust things 
which are QGISes because there's an assumption that information in a Government 
information source will have had some level of checking.

I'd disagree.  QGISes are relied upon because everyone relies on them because 
lying to the government is a crime.  


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Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Obtaining an EV cert for phishing

Hi Kirk,

On 28/11/17 17:03, Kirk Hall wrote:
> Thanks for the additional information, James.  In the end, the EV 
> Guidelines did exactly what they were designed to do – they provided a 
> way for the public to find you (as the company owner) if you used your 
> EV certificate and domain to do something wrong.

They did, but only because he was honest. He is pointing out that it may not be 
difficult, due to the lack of checking, for a dishonest person to use fake 
information. I do think that's an issue of concern.

I would say that the EV Guidelines allow EV issuers to trust things which are 
QGISes because there's an assumption that information in a Government 
information source will have had some level of checking. But it seems from this 
experience that this is not true in all cases. That concerns me. Do we have to 
agree that Companies House is not a valid QGIS?

This is not a phishing issue, it's a more general "integrity of the EV process" 
issue.

Gerv
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