In Firefox 4 and later you no longer have the Status bar that showed the padlock in previous Firefox versions.<br /> The padlock only shows that there is a secure connection and doesn't guarantee that you are connected to the right server.<br /> 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.<br /> The functionality of the padlock has been replaced by the [[Site Identity Button]] on the left end of the location bar. See also: * http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/06/635/ * https://support.mozilla.org/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. *Padlock: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/