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how do I prefer http, as a default, vs https?

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This may seem like an odd request but I am on a work computer and, when browsing, any attempt at using https results in the "this page is not secure" warning which is fine. I think it has something to do with my employer's network settings.

My problem is, the warning is popping up for a very large proportion of websites: even when I do a simple duckduckgo.com search using the search bar it tries to do https and therefore gives me a security warning. I get around it by deleting the s from https in the address bar and then the search works fine. Doing this for every search, as well as other websites, however, is starting to drive me crazy. I acknowledge I don't have a secure connection, is there any way I can just browse using http the old fashion way without getting warnings every time I try to go to a website? I don't have this problem when using the search bar for Google or Wikipedia.

This may seem like an odd request but I am on a work computer and, when browsing, any attempt at using https results in the "this page is not secure" warning which is fine. I think it has something to do with my employer's network settings. My problem is, the warning is popping up for a very large proportion of websites: even when I do a simple duckduckgo.com search using the search bar it tries to do https and therefore gives me a security warning. I get around it by deleting the s from https in the address bar and then the search works fine. Doing this for every search, as well as other websites, however, is starting to drive me crazy. I acknowledge I don't have a secure connection, is there any way I can just browse using http the old fashion way without getting warnings every time I try to go to a website? I don't have this problem when using the search bar for Google or Wikipedia.

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Which security software (firewall, anti-virus) do you have?

ESET has been reported to cause such issues by scanning secure connections.

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I think it is running Symnatec Endpoint Protection. I never thought of security software causing this problem; do you think this issue could be solved by reconfiguring Symnatec's software?

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could you post the error code that is shown when you click on the "technical details" section of the website.

also when there is a section "i understand the risks". please click on "add exception" > "view..." - what common name & organisation is the certificate issued by?

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Technical Details:

duckduckgo.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided.

(Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)

The certificate is issued by Zscalar, who handles the organization's internet security. I understand the necessity for internet monitoring at work but getting security warnings so frequently as a result is really slowing me down. I hope this information helps, thank you very much for your assistance.

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hello, is it possible to add a permanent exception for the zscalar-certificate (in case you're convinced that it is of ggod nature and part of your organizations security solution) when you click on "i understand the risks" on a error page?

in case this doesn't work, you'd probably have to contact the it-department and ask them to implement the valid root certificate of this zscalar-thingy into the firefox certificate store in order for the error messages to go away or to disable the module that scans ssl traffic.