I don't know the answer to your questions, but I do know why they did it.
Its a way to visually show the level of "security" behind the SSL
certificate. Green is a lightly verified SSL cert, Blue is a heavily
verified SSL cert, etc. The idea is that if GoDaddy personally verified an
SSL cert, its less likely to be forged. If your bank had a "blue" cert and
suddenly you noticed a "green" cert, you should probably be concerned.
Eric
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:15 PM, <
joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>
> A while back (don't remember when this started), I began to notice that
> the firefox browser started adding an extra title in the address window
> next to the favicon. I don't understand why this was added, but it seems
> like a needless nuisance to me. Is there some way to eliminate this
> redundant title? Or is there some good reason to not eliminate it?
>
> Example here: http://www.upquick.com/temp/ffaddress.jpg
> (Why is matrixcommand.com there twice?)
>
>
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