Simon Hearne 11/4/2020

The Performance Cost of EV Certificates

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This article analyzes the performance cost of Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, explaining why browsers no longer display them prominently. It compares EV with Domain Validation (DV) and Organization Validation (OV) certificates, discusses the rise of free certificates from Let's Encrypt, and details the technical performance issue: EV certificates' limited support for OCSP stapling, which can add latency during TLS negotiation.

The Performance Cost of EV Certificates

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