New security setting for URL

[Biggles]

I've just started seeing these in URLs in the address line:

https:

except the strike-out is diagonal.

Any ideas what that's about?

[Brock]

No idea, havent seen it myself

[Marcus]

It means it's not a secure site. The s in https = secure nothing to worry about


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[Biggles]

It means it's not a secure site. The s in https = secure nothing to worry about

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Yeah, I gathered it meant it wasn't secure.
But that's always been simply "http://"  or often just "www."
This is new- does it mean it used to be "https" but beware, it has lost its security?  Or what?

Here's an example:

https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/T/TrantOpRUA95.pdf

Put that in your browser line.  In Chrome it does the "cross out" thing.

What does it do in the current Explorer?

[Brock]

Nothing in Firefox

[Grumpy]

It means it's not a secure site. The s in https = secure nothing to worry about

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Yeah, I gathered it meant it wasn't secure.
But that's always been simply "http://"  or often just "www."
This is new- does it mean it used to be "https" but beware, it has lost its security?  Or what?

Here's an example:

https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/T/TrantOpRUA95.pdf

Put that in your browser line.  In Chrome it does the "cross out" thing.

What does it do in the current Explorer?

If you click on the cross next to the strike out it tells you "This site uses a weak security configuration (SHA-1 signatures), so your connection may not be private." along with a few other explanations.

Cheers
Grumpy 

[alans1100]

What does it do in the current Explorer?

It goes to the pdf file in the link - using WIN8.1 IE 11