# SSL installation

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-installation/132621 "2019-11-05T06:56:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-installation/132621/8 "2019-11-05T19:16:00Z")

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> [@danb35](#):
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> A DV cert validates that it does in fact belong to the domain it names

Let’s Encrypt effectively achieves this, by validating the DNS name at enrollment.

> [@danb35](#):
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> An EV cert does the same thing as an OV cert, only more so–and historically has given the “green bar” in the browser, though that’s going away shortly.

Chrome 77 removed the green bar, for reference we’re currently on 78.x in release and 79.x in beta.

> **[Extended Validation Certificates are (Really, Really) Dead](https://www.troyhunt.com/extended-validation-certificates-are-really-really-dead/)**
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> Almost one year ago now, I declared extended validation certificates dead
> \[https://www.troyhunt.com/extended-validation-certificates-are-dead/\]. The entity name had
> just been removed from Safari on iOS, it was about to be removed from Safari...

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