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--- communication:security [2017/10/27 00:34]
frater_secessus [Wireless security for nomads]
+++ communication:security [2017/10/27 00:37]
frater_secessus [using websites]
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 ==== using websites ====
-{{ http://img.mousetrap.net/misc/https.jpg}}Websites are either secure (https:) or unsecure (http:).  Traditionally, the browser indicates with a padlock icon when sites are secure.  You can also click on that area to get security details such as the certifying authority, encryption type and number of bits, etc.
+{{ http://img.mousetrap.net/misc/https.jpg}}Websites are either secure (generally prepended with https:) or unsecure (generally http:).  Traditionally, **the browser indicates with a padlock icon when sites are secure**.  You can also click on that area to get security details such as the certifying authority, encryption type and number of bits, etc.
 **If the website is secure the information is fully encrypted between your browser and the website**.  There is no reason to worry about that communication being intercepted or "sniffed" as it passes through.

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