Visiting "https" Website with Mozilla Firefox

This section describes how Mozilla Firefox shows a lock icon when you visit an 'https' Website to provide you more security related information.

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 Mozilla Firefox, as the leading Web browser, supports HTTPS.

1. Run Mozilla Firefox and go to Yahoo home page, www.yahoo.com.

2. Click "Mail" in the Yahoo Sites menu.

3. After Mozilla Firefox finishing displaying the login page, look at the bottom right corner of the browser window. You will see lock icon displayed next to the address:

Lock Icon on https Address - Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox Showing Lock Icon on HTTPS Address

What happened here was:

The lock icon at the right side of the address indicates that this page is secured with HTTPS. If you click the lock icon, Firefox will provide you more security related information for this page. See next sections for more tutorials.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

 Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

 Using HTTPS with Google Chrome

Using HTTPS with Mozilla Firefox

Visiting "https" Website with Mozilla Firefox

 Viewing Server Certificate in Mozilla Firefox

 Server Certificate General Information

 Viewing Server Certificate Path in Mozilla Firefox

 Exporting Server Certificate to File in Mozilla Firefox

 Viewing Pre-Installed Certificates in Mozilla Firefox

 Listing of Trusted Root CA in Mozilla Firefox

 Exporting Certificate to File from Mozilla Firefox

 Deleting Root CA Certificates from Mozilla Firefox

 Mozilla Firefox Displaying Certificate Error Page

 Adding Security Exception in Mozilla Firefox

 Failing to Import Root CA Certificates to Mozilla Firefox

 Certificate Trust Settings in Mozilla Firefox

 HTTPS with Microsoft Edge

 Using HTTPS with Apple Safari

 HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer)

 Android and Server Certificate

 iPhone and Server Certificate

 Windows Certificate Stores and Console

 RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Server Certificate

 macOS Certificate Stores and Keychain Access

 Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 .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

 S/MIME and Email Security

 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

 Archived Tutorials

 References

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB