{"id":841,"date":"2017-02-09T08:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T08:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesslstore.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=841"},"modified":"2022-04-25T20:53:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T20:53:41","slug":"telephone-verification-for-code-signing","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.thesslstore.com\/knowledgebase\/code-signing-cert-organization-validation\/telephone-verification-for-code-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Telephone Verification for Code Signing Certificate (OV)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Telephone Verification requirement for getting an Organization Validated Code Signing Certificate is fairly straightforward. You must have an active, listed telephone number associated with your organization. That’s it.<\/p>\n

What is Telephone Verification?<\/h2>\n

To satisfy the telephone verification requirement the Certificate Authority (CA) must make sure that you have an active telephone number listed. And that telephone number must be verifiable by an acceptable telephone directory. The listing must also be EXACTLY the same as the information you submitted when you registered. This includes the verified business name and the physical address.<\/p>\n

To verify this information, the CA is going to start by looking at the Online Government Databases<\/a> in your local municipality, state or country to check that the listed phone number matches, in addition to the associated name and address. If this all matches up you’re good to go\u2014you have satisfied this requirement.<\/p>\n

However, most government databases do not display telephone numbers. This means you may have to use an alternative method to verify this information with the CA. Don’t worry, there are two other ways to satisfy this requirement.<\/p>\n

Additional Methods<\/h2>\n