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Portlets - Addressing Mixed Content - SAFARI

A lock icon will appear in the address bar when visiting a secure website. No lock appears here when mixed protocol content is detected.

Issue *

Safari displays a lock icon at the top of the Safari window or in the address field when you are visiting a secure website.

Safari does not show a warning message for websites with mixed content. Instead, when Safari detects a secure website that contains insecure content, the lock icon is missing from the top of the Safari window in the address field.

The lock icon does not show in the address bar when mixed protocol content is detected.

You can view warning messages for the insecure content in the error console.

To View the Warning Message in the Error Console

1. Select the Develop menu, and then select Show Error Console

Safari - Develop menu > Show Error Console

2. You can view the warnings using the default view (All) or you can select Warnings.

Safari Error Console - Warnings

See the example warning below:

Safari browser - Error console warning for insecure content

 

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Ask Before Sending A Non-Secure Form From A Secure Website

Sometimes an otherwise secure website may fail to provide a secure way to submit a form, such as one containing your password or credit card number. Safari displays a message when this is about to happen, so you can cancel.

To enable/disable this message:

1. Select Settings > Preferences

Safari - Settings > Preferences

2. Select the Security Tab, and then either select or unselect Ask before sending a non-secure form to a secure website

Safari option - Ask before sending a non-secure form to a secure website

 

 

* Excerpts from:

Safari Help "What is the lock icon?" Retrieved 28 May 2014.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5004 Retrieved 28 May 2014.

screenshots in these examples are taken from Safari version 5.1.7.

 

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