Question

I’ve tried Goggling this, but I can’t really come up with a technical string to search on. I want to get my site to have that green box that appears with SSL sites. For example, on Bank of America’s site (in Chrome):

I don’t know whether this is a HTML trick, a server operation, etc. Really have no idea and don’t know a good way to search for “that green box thing”. Does anyone know how sites do this?

Answer 1

According to this, “If a site uses an Extended Validation SSL (EV-SSL) certificate, the organization’s name also appears next to the icon in green text. Make sure the browser is set to check for server certification revocation to identify sites with EV-SSL certificates.”

And:

If you still don’t see the organization’s name, it may be due to one of the following conditions:

• The website might not use an EV-SSL certificate. EV certificates
  provide extra assurance as to the identity of the website, but not
  all websites using SSL use EV-SSL certificates.
• The website might contain security errors, such as mixed content or
  expired certificates.
• The certificate revocation information may be temporarily unavailable
  from the server.

You can read more about Extended Validation SSL certificates here and here.