Is SSL protection active without padlock in Explorer Task Bar?

Is SSL protection active without padlock in Explorer Task Bar?

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Is SSL protection active without padlock in Explorer Task Bar? Nick 07-08-2005
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?Tmljaw==?= on July 8, 2005, 1:09 pm
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One of my banks has gone to a new internet banking supplier. They have a new
online banking site that does not have the SSL padlock symbol displayed in
the explorer task bar. They have a picture of the padlock up in the graphics
next to the sign-on and password boxes displayed on their signon page, but
none down where I have been accustomed to looking to see if the data was
secure. They (the Bank) repeatedly tell me that entry is protected and once
enter my password and get into the site the padlock will be there. They say
this is safe, but I do not trust it.

I am afraid that if the password is entered outside SSL protection that
could be bad. Every other banking, credit card, and business site I use has
the padlock protection symbol displayed in the task bar when the sign on
pages are displayed.

CAN THEY BE TRUSTED? Of should I find another bank?

Posted by Tom Pepper Willett on July 8, 2005, 1:20 pm
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Does the URL in the browser show as https:// .. signifying a secure
connection. If not, I personally would not sign in.

Tom
| One of my banks has gone to a new internet banking supplier. They have a
new
| online banking site that does not have the SSL padlock symbol displayed in
| the explorer task bar. They have a picture of the padlock up in the
graphics
| next to the sign-on and password boxes displayed on their signon page, but
| none down where I have been accustomed to looking to see if the data was
| secure. They (the Bank) repeatedly tell me that entry is protected and
once
| enter my password and get into the site the padlock will be there. They
say
| this is safe, but I do not trust it.
|
| I am afraid that if the password is entered outside SSL protection that
| could be bad. Every other banking, credit card, and business site I use
has
| the padlock protection symbol displayed in the task bar when the sign on
| pages are displayed.
|
| CAN THEY BE TRUSTED? Of should I find another bank?



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