What is the difference between https: and http: at the beginning of the web address? Does this effect security when looking onto bank accounts?
New to foxfire, and not very computer savvy. When enter search for bank account noticed the the web address came up with a http: rather than an https: as it normally does when I search from safari on MAC, or even at my PC at work. Not sure what the difference is but if it is a security thing than foxfire is no good for my use.
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-> click Firefox button and click Options -> Advanced panel -> Encryption tab -> place Checkmarks on Use SSL 3.0 & Use TLS 1.0 -> under Certificates section, select option Ask me every time
-> click OK on Options window -> Restart Firefox
Check and tell if its working.
Ilungisiwe ngu Hasan
In Firefox 4 and later you no longer have the Status bar that showed the padlock in previous Firefox versions.
The padlock only shows that there is a secure connection and doesn't guarantee that you are connected to the right server.
So you might still be connected to the wrong server if you make a typo in the URL and someone has claimed that mistyped URL.
The functionality of the padlock has been replaced by the How do I tell if my connection to a website is secure? on the left end of the location bar.
See also:
- http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/06/635/
- https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Site+Identity+Button
- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/security/identity/
You can use this extension to get a padlock on the location bar.