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This article mainly introduces the advantages and disadvantages of OV certificate, the article is very detailed, has a certain reference value, interested friends must read it!

If you don't know what a SSL certificate is, you can understand it this way. Generally, websites use HTTP protocol, and HTTP protocol uses data plaintext transmission, so there is a great risk of data leakage. As long as you deploy the SSL certificate in your web server, your HTTP website can be upgraded to HTTPS website. HTTPS website is encrypted data transmission, which makes up for the security shortcomings of HTTP.

And if you have known about SSL certificates, then you should know that SSL certificates can be divided into three different categories, namely: EV certificate, OV certificate and DV certificate. Let's talk about the advantages and disadvantages of OV certificate for OV certificate.

Advantages of OV certificates

OV certificate is a mainstream type of SSL certificate, most enterprises apply for SSL certificate will generally choose OV certificate, the following are the advantages of OV certificate.

High security

OV certificate has a high security level among all kinds of SSL certificate. Because applying for an OV certificate requires verifying the identity of the applicant company, the OV certificate is much higher in security than just verifying the DV certificate for the domain name.

High performance-price ratio

However, from the perspective of security, there is little difference between OV certificate and EV certificate, but compared with DV certificate, OV certificate is much more secure. So in fact, the OV certificate has the security level of the EV certificate, and the price will be much lower than the EV certificate. This is also one of the main reasons why most enterprise users choose OV certificates.

Disadvantages of OV Certificate

If you want to say the disadvantage of OV certificate, it should be the experience of OV certificate in browser. A website with an EV certificate will display a green address bar and an enterprise name in the browser, but the OV certificate is different. a website with an OV certificate will only display a "security lock" icon in the browser, and this effect is exactly the same as the DV certificate. Then in the sense, it is difficult for users to tell the difference between DV certificate and OV certificate. This is the main disadvantage of OV certificates. The following is the display effect of EV certificate, OV certificate and DV certificate in IE browser.

The above are all the advantages and disadvantages of OV certificate. Thank you for your reading! Hope to share the content to help you, more related knowledge, welcome to follow the industry information channel!

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