PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 2.10, by Dr. Herong Yang
Visiting "https" Web Site with Google Chrome
This section describes how Google Chrome shows a lock icon when you visit an 'https' Web site to indicate that the communication is secured with data encryption.
As I mentioned earlier in the book, Web browsers play very important roles in using HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) to secure Web communications. Now let's see how Google Chrome, as a major Web browser, supports HTTPS.
1. Run Google Chrome and go to Yahoo home page at www.yahoo.com.
2. Click "Mail" in the Yahoo side menu.
3. After Google Chrome finishing displaying the login page, look at the left side of the URL address box. You will see a lock icon displayed next to the address:
What happened here was:
The lock icon at the left side of the URL address indicates that this page is secured with HTTPS. If you click the lock icon, Chrome will provide you more security related information for this page. See next sections for more details.
Last update: 2015.
Table of Contents
Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
►Using HTTPS with Google Chrome
►Visiting "https" Web Site with Google Chrome
Viewing Server Certificate in Google Chrome
Viewing Server Certificate Path in Google Chrome
Exporting Server Certificate to File in Google Chrome
Viewing Trusted Root CA Certificates in Google Chrome
Listing of Trusted Root CA in Google Chrome
Exporting Root Certificate to File from Google Chrome
Deleting Root CA Certificates from Google Chrome
Google Chrome Shares Windows PKI with IE
Using HTTPS with Mozilla Firefox
HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer)
Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers
PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers
Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers
Windows Certificate Stores and Console
.NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers
CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates
PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates
Comodo Free Personal Certificate
Digital Signature - Microsoft Word
Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3