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How do I know that a website still has a certificate like it did when I opened it in an ie with microsoft? How can I check this on firefox?

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SarahJ88
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I've only just installed firefox so I still have alot to learn about it but I was just wondering, with the internet explorer when you went on a website like gmail it would come up with the certificate. How do I view that on firefox and know it's the proper website?

Thanks

I've only just installed firefox so I still have alot to learn about it but I was just wondering, with the internet explorer when you went on a website like gmail it would come up with the certificate. How do I view that on firefox and know it's the proper website? Thanks

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cor-el
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In Firefox 4 you no longer have the Status bar that showed the padlock in previous Firefox versions.
The padlock only shows that there is a secure connection and doesn't guarantee that you are connected to the right server.
So you might still be connected to the wrong server if you make a typo in the URL and someone has claimed that mistyped URL.
The functionality of the padlock has been replaced by the How do I tell if my connection to a website is secure? on the left end of the location bar.

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