Secure surfing without popup

[majpdx]

I recently began saving all my favorite urls as "https" for the security. Whenever I open a page as this I get a popup telling me the site includes secure and nonsecure data and asking do I want to display the nonsecure items or not. I understand the implications of the choice I am pretty sure but is there a way to default the choice and eliminate the popup? Thank you.

[-pops-]

I don't understand your statement:

I recently began saving all my favorite urls as "https" for the security.

Whether a site is HTTPS or not depends on the site originator, not on any attribute that you might apply to it.

[majpdx]

I don't understand your statement:

I recently began saving all my favorite urls as "https" for the security.

Whether a site is HTTPS or not depends on the site originator, not on any attribute that you might apply to it.

Well I believe you are wrong. If I am in say google mail or even google's homepage (customized or whatever) and I simply change the url from http://mail.google.com to https://mail.google.com the privacy security is different. Try it and see, you will see the padlock icon and the security popup with only the second url on any website.

Or maybe this is unique to google, I am not sure but I really works as I stated above with google.

[-pops-]

OK, I accept I may be wrong but I still don't understand why you want to do this.

Even if it does work, converting an ordinary website to a secure one doesn't serve any function that I can see.

[Scarecrow Man]

1. Go to the top of your browser and click on Tools and select Internet Options.

2. Click on the Security tab

3. Go to Internet Zone, and click on the Custom Level button at the bottom

4. In that top box, scroll down to the Miscellaneous section (look for the Internet Explorer icons next to the topics) and find where it says "Display Mixed Content"

5. Click the bubble to select an option

Disable--you will not see the message anymore, nor will the nonsecure items be displayed

Enable--you will not receive the message anymore, and the nonsecure items will be displayed on the page

Prompt--you will receive the message everytime a website has both secure and nonsecure items on it (this is the current setting in the browser that causes you to receive the message every time).

6. Once you have selected it, click on the OK button to close that window, and then click OK again to close the other window.

7. You may need to close your browser and then reopen it to see the changes take effect

This also works for Internet Explorer 7, but Firefox, Netscape or Opera may be different.

But I would have to agree with -pops-, in that it is up to the website to use the https:// before the address. If you need a pop-up blocker, Google Toolbar includes one.

Also, check out the Wikipedia article on https

This certificate must be signed by a certificate authority of one form or another, who certifies that the certificate holder is who they say they are. Web browsers are generally distributed with the signing certificates of major certificate authorities, so that they can verify certificates signed by them.

Which is why it is likely to NOT provide any real security. Only if the certificate is authorized and verified, will it provide security. Otherwise, all you are doing is transmitting data over port 443, instead of 80.

[majpdx]

OK, I accept I may be wrong but I still don't understand why you want to do this.

Even if it does work, converting an ordinary website to a secure one doesn't serve any function that I can see.

1. Go to the top of your browser and click on Tools and select Internet Options.

2. Click on the Security tab

3. Go to Internet Zone, and click on the Custom Level button at the bottom

4. In that top box, scroll down to the Miscellaneous section (look for the Internet Explorer icons next to the topics) and find where it says "Display Mixed Content"

5. Click the bubble to select an option

Disable--you will not see the message anymore, nor will the nonsecure items be displayed

Enable--you will not receive the message anymore, and the nonsecure items will be displayed on the page

Prompt--you will receive the message everytime a website has both secure and nonsecure items on it (this is the current setting in the browser that causes you to receive the message every time).

6. Once you have selected it, click on the OK button to close that window, and then click OK again to close the other window.

7. You may need to close your browser and then reopen it to see the changes take effect

This also works for Internet Explorer 7, but Firefox, Netscape or Opera may be different.

But I would have to agree with -pops-, in that it is up to the website to use the https:// before the address. If you need a pop-up blocker, Google Toolbar includes one.

Also, check out the Wikipedia article on https

This certificate must be signed by a certificate authority of one form or another, who certifies that the certificate holder is who they say they are. Web browsers are generally distributed with the signing certificates of major certificate authorities, so that they can verify certificates signed by them.

Which is why it is likely to NOT provide any real security. Only if the certificate is authorized and verified, will it provide security. Otherwise, all you are doing is transmitting data over port 443, instead of 80.

I see, thanks for the info.