[ILUG] [ot] secure sites

[Ivan Kelly]

general the padlock indicates that your using a https ssl server. if the
lock isn't there, anything you send isn't encrypted meaning anyone can
intercept your credit card number etc.

regards
ivan

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 06:11:10PM +0000, decdelmur at iol.ie wrote:
> does anybody know whether it is possible or even likely for a site to be secure
> even though it doesnt have the padlock or key symbol in ie or netscape. Was
> looking at a banks online service for someone earlier  and it didnt't have it,
> there weren't any frames so that wasn't affecting it. 
> 
> Any THoughts
> 
> THanks
> 
> Declan
> 
> Declan de Lacy Murphy
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