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Why do some websites show the company name next to the URL?
Some websites show the company name next to the URL (in Chrome) and some don't.
How do I set this up for my website? Is there a reason why or why I wouldn't want to do this?
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Firefox "Untrusted Connection" warnings when visiting reputable HTTPS sites when using child's account
When using Firefox on Windows, I see an "Untrusted Connection" warning when visiting any HTTPS site, including very reputable ones such as https://www.google.com and https://search.yahoo.com. The ...
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How to easily create a SSL certificate and configure it in Apache2 in Mac OS X?
I'd like to use my Mac OS X with https for local development tests.
How can I easily make Apache2 respond to ssl, just for test proposes - I don't want a real certificate, just a fake to make local ...
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Why does Chrome say "Your connection to this site is not secure" even if the certificate is valid?
My site has a valid certificate, but Chrome marks it as insecure.
I tried my site using Brave and Firefox, and both mark it as secure.
I also ran this online test, and everything looks fine:
https:/...
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How much information can my ISP see?
Is it possible for my ISP to see the passwords that I enter on websites and in chat programs? And what about SSL websites that start with https, do they encrypt my username and password before ...
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nginx http to https proxy with self-signed certificate
I have an nginx proxy to redirect http requests with a specified port to another https url.
Here is my configuration so far:
server {
listen 59848;
location / {
resolver 8.8.8.8;
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Is there an HTTPS Everywhere add on for Chrome, MSIE or safari?
I really like this HTTPS Everywhere add-on for Firefox. But I tend to browser hop, so have similar HTTPS-preferring add-ons been released for the other major browsers?
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Chrome adds weird HTTPS:1 header to all requests
I've been getting a lot of weird errors on websites that relate to HTTPS. These sites works great in FF and IE, but fail to load in Chrome. It appears that though I'm requesting an unsecured URL (http)...
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Get a server's SSL/TLS certificate using "openssl s_client"
I am trying to get the SSL/TLS certificate for one of our load balancers (Netscaler) using:
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect lb.example.com:443
But it won't show me the certificate:
CONNECTED(...
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The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided
Could anyone explain the meaning of this error message in plain English?
Should I add an exception or I should not continue on this website?
Technical details: the URL is here, the browser is ...
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How can I get Chrome accepting self signed certificates?
I have a local REST-API service based on node/express and MongoDB.
I am planning to switch over from http to https.
The Clients are running on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Terminal-Server).
The REST-API is ...
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How do I view Current User Certificates, and not Local Machine Certificates, on Windows?
When installing a certificate on Windows, you are given two choices:
If I click Next, I can choose to allow the Certificate Import Wizard to figure out where to put it for me, but does this mean it ...
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How can I disable SSL (https) google search in FireFox?
I know that Firefox 14 has enabled Secure Sockets Layer (SSL or https) search for its Google search plug-in. How can I disable it?
Thanks,
lina
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Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 update breaks SSL
Summary
After updating from 10.7.1 to 10.7.2, neither Safari nor Google Chrome can load GMail. Spinning Beachballs all around.
The problem isn't GMail; Firefox loads GMail just fine.
The problem ...
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What makes the address bar in IE turn green?
What aspect of a site's SSL certificate causes IE's address bar to turn green?
I'm working on a site which already uses SSL successfully, but am interested to know if there are different levels of ...
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