October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1104 pages
64h 7m
English
In addition to the SmartScreen Filter, Microsoft displays a lock icon when you are viewing a site whose data is encrypted in transit, and whose identity is at least reasonably assured. The lock icon is displayed right next to the URL it describes, as shown in Figure 34.3.
Figure 34.3. The lock icon indicates an encrypted website. Click the lock to display the site’s certificate information.
You can view the site’s certificate information by clicking the lock icon, and it will show up against a red background if there is anything odd about the site’s certificate.
The entire address bar is shaded green if the site’s ...
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