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Google calls for halting use of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications

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Google , browser makers plan to end use of WHOIS data verifying domain ownership.

CA/Browser Forum plans to end reliance on WHOIS in early November .

Researchers demonstrated how threat actors could obtain fraudulently issued certificates for domains they didn’t own.

CAs rely on email verification to verify ownership ofmobi domains.