Tag – Ssl-gdpr

Due to the recent developments regarding the public WHOIS and GDPR, limiting the output of WHOIS Servers it has become somewhat more difficult to order an SSL certificate, as email address validation might in some cases no longer be an option due to such restrictions imposed by the GDPR.

Email Validation for DV (domain validated) SSL certificates can only be approved via the default mail addresses known as:

• admin@example.com
• administrator@example.com
• hostmaster@example.com
• postmaster@example.com
• webmaster@example.com

For more information regarding the GDPR and the changes to the WHOIS output can be found:

The ICANN WHOIS system is gone, the process for a GDPR …