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What happened to the lock icon when using SSL? Cannot easily determine SSL use without using sniffer.

mexateck
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The SSL lock icon does not appear in new Firefox 4 during use of SSL. Why was it removed? Only method of determining successful SSL use is through the use of a sniffer and netstat. There is no obvious lock anywhere in the browser while using SSL

ALSO.... STOP CHANGING THE ORDER OF THE OPEN NEW TAB/OPEN NEW WINDOW UNDER THE FILE->list.

The SSL lock icon does not appear in new Firefox 4 during use of SSL. Why was it removed? Only method of determining successful SSL use is through the use of a sniffer and netstat. There is no obvious lock anywhere in the browser while using SSL ALSO.... STOP CHANGING THE ORDER OF THE OPEN NEW TAB/OPEN NEW WINDOW UNDER THE FILE->list.

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the-edmeister
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The "Site Identity button", which provides a lot more pertinent information about a web site, was introduced in Firefox 3, and was used along with the "Security Lock icon"; that "Lock icon" was finally removed from Firefox 4 versions.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Site+Identity+Button
http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/06/635/
This extension will add a "lock" in the S-I-B display.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/