Why not? If you own the domain you can get a DV cert, whether you use the domain...

		jstanley on Nov 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encr... Why not? If you own the domain you can get a DV cert, whether you use the domain for malicious purposes or not. The certificate isn't saying "this website won't infect your computer", it's saying "you're talking to the real owner of this domain".