Sunday, May 13, 2007

METHODS TO DETERMINE WHETHER WEB SITE IS SECURED:ONLINE-TRANSACTION-TIPS.BLOGSPOT.COM

There are two general indications of a secured web page:

1) Check the web page URL
Normally, when browsing the web, the URLs (web page addresses) begin with the letters "http". However, over a secure connection the address displayed should begin with "https" - note the "s" at the end.

3.Try it! by visiting any banking/financial transaction site. Note if the URL begins with the "http" meaning this page is not secure. At times the initial site url is not secured and it becomes secured when you type in user name and password.Notice the change in the URL when you log in with your user id and password and the site url should now begin with "https", meaning the user name and password typed in will be encrypted before sent to our server.

4 Check for the "Lock" icon There is a de facto standard among web browsers to display a "lock" icon somewhere in the window of the browser (NOT in the web page display area!)

5.For example, Microsoft Internet Explorer displays the lock icon in the lower-right of the browser window and Click (or double-click) on it in your Web Browser to see details of the site's security. This is important to know because some fraudulent web sites are built with a bar at the bottom of the web page to imitate the lock icon of your browser!

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