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=== Verifying Domain Name Ownership ===
Section 7 of the [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/policy Mozilla CA Certificate Policy] states: “for a certificate to be used for SSL-enabled servers, the CA takes reasonable measures to verify that the entity submitting the certificate signing request has registered the domain(s) referenced in the certificate or has been authorized by the domain registrant to act on the registrant's behalf"
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHOIS WHOIS] may be used by some CAs as a source of information for checking
ownership/control of the domain name for SSL certificate applications. WHOIS information may be subject to compromise. CAs are responsible for implementing appropriate methods to reduce the risk of compromise. For example, direct command line, HTTPS to the original registrar, or correlating multiple sources. The CA should include information in their CP/CPS about the method that they use to validate the integrity of the data.
