ViPeRMiMiS
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The difference between SSL and Extended SSL is that the organisation who issues the certificate has validated that the domain is actually owned by the company who has actually purchased the certificate. In Firefox and IEs case when you have Extended SSL - the URL Bar goes Green, and with SSL its Pale Blue (FF) or White (IE). The idea is that if domain was created for a bank such as H.SCB.COM to mimic HSBC to catch people or to send fake links, it would be a lot harder for them to get an Extended SSL certificate and thus fool people to part with their details. Chrome does distinguish between the two but for me the Green/Blue/Red - idea is far easier to understand. URL below explains the differences in colours and certificates
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Site Identity Button
thanks