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OT: browser message- what’s this mean. ?, Not Secure - 914World.Com - Private. |
jim_hoyland |
Mar 2 2024, 05:59 PM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 9,308 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California |
What’s this mean about not secure / private. ?
Seems like I have to log in every time now ?? Attached thumbnail(s) |
Dave_Darling |
Mar 3 2024, 06:13 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,990 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
No. It's separate from a VPN.
It's the part that allows the "secure" part of "https://". A VPN works on a different level, and incorporates more than just encryption. --DD |
windforfun |
Mar 3 2024, 06:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,801 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None |
No. It's separate from a VPN. It's the part that allows the "secure" part of "https://". A VPN works on a different level, and incorporates more than just encryption. --DD So how is https more secure than http? My banks use https. Does the SSL certificate "install" the encryption between the website & its users? What really is encryption anyway? Thanks Dave. |
Dave_Darling |
Mar 5 2024, 05:41 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,990 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
So how is https more secure than http? My banks use https. Does the SSL certificate "install" the encryption between the website & its users? What really is encryption anyway? Thanks Dave. Encryption is a careful kind of scrambling of the information packets that go between two places on the network. The recipient can unscramble the packets and retrieve the information. It is possible for some other party to unscramble stuff, but it takes a whole lot of computing power and time. The non-"s" version leaves the traffic between the endpoints unencrypted. So someone tapping into the connection could see "What really is encryption anyway" that you typed above, as you sent it. Certificates are kind of vouchers that someone is who they say they are, and that you can trust that they are. I think they also contain part of the encryption key that is used in doing the kind of scrambling above. The details are very complicated and have mostly fallen out of my brain by this point. --DD |
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