Domain Control Verification

The next requirement for Organization Validated SSL is Domain Control Verification (DCV). This step is where the Certificate Authority (CA) will attempt to verify that you or your organization owns the domain in question.

What is Domain Control Verification?

To satisfy the Domain Control Verification  requirement you need to prove that you or your organization owns the domain that was registered for.

The easiest way to complete this step is by email, if you operate one of five pre-approved email addresses associated with the domain. The five pre-approved addresses are:

• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]

If you cannot complete Domain Control Verification via email, there are alternative methods as well.

Alternative Methods

There are two additional ways to satisfy the Domain Validation requirement. Those alternative methods are:

File-Based Authentication – The CA will provide you with a text file that you will need to upload to the root directory of your website in a specific URL. This will then be verified by the CA via HTTP or HTTPS.

DNS-Based Authentication – The CA will provide you with instructions for creating a special DNS record (a TXT record or CNAME record, depending on the CA) that will prove you control the domain.

All of these methods will satisfy the Domain Control Verification requirement.