Questions tagged [https]
HTTPS stands for HTTP Secure and is a combination of HTTP and SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) and is used to provide an encrypted connection to a website.
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How do I disable the warning Chrome gives if a security certificate is not trusted?
I want to know if it's possible to disable the warning you get in Chrome when you try to go to some HTTPS site that doesn't have a trusted certificate.
I have a few sites in my bookmarks that use ...
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Why does my browser think that https://1.1.1.1 is secure?
When I visit https://1.1.1.1, any web browser I use considers the URL to be secure.
This is what Google Chrome shows:
Normally, when I try to visit an HTTPS site via its IP address, I get a security ...
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Is "HTTPS Everywhere" still relevant?
HTTPS Everywhere is a browser extension, a collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, that automates rewriting requests for HTTP URLs to the secure HTTPS alternative ...
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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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Can you get a reply from a HTTPS site using the Ping command?
I tried using the ping command on a https page, but the message says that ping could not find the host. Is there some issue regarding ping and https?
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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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Force Chrome to try HTTPS instead of HTTP when possible?
Many websites offer both, HTTP and HTTPS, e.g., http://stackoverflow.com and https://stackoverflow.com
Is there any way to force Chrome to try HTTPS first before HTTP when I only type stackoverflow....
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cURL on Ubuntu 14: all Let's Encrypt certificates are expired (error 60)
Today out of a sudden all HTTPS requests, that my Ubuntu 14 server sends to websites with SSL certificates issued by Let's Encrypt, started to fail. The error produced by cURL is:
curl: (60) SSL ...
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Are there well known HTTP-only sites?
Captive Wi-Fi portals suck.
Often when I open a HTTP site in a browser (desktop Chrome or mobile Chrome), I get the captive portal, but with auto-completion and so quickly I connect again to Wi-Fi.
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How can I get Firefox to prefer HTTPS over HTTP?
For example, I type superuser.com in the browser bar of Firefox, but it automatically goes to the HTTP site. I want the HTTPS site by default.
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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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Nginx as forward proxy for HTTPS
While I was able to successfully configure nginx to proxy HTTP traffic (using this guide), all attempts to proxy HTTPS requests resulted in code 400 (Bad Request).
Nginx debug logs weren't helpful at ...
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Can the URL be read by third parties when browsing via HTTPS?
We all know that HTTPS encrypts the connection between the computer and the server so that it cannot be viewed by a third party. However, can the ISP or a third party see the exact link of the page ...
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How to add a self-signed certificate as an exception in Chrome?
I have a number of network devices that I access over HTTPS. However, they are self-signed certificates, so Chrome displays a warning page.
In earlier versions of chrome, I seem to remember an "add ...
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