how to not accidentally login in the unsecure mode?

[peter]

Some web sites I use have a login page that has the "secure (https)" option.
Everytime I visit that page I have to remember to click on "secure" before
logging in. I'm afraid someday I may forget and send my password as plain
text.

Is there a way, other than book-marking the secure login page, to avoid
accidentally logging in in the unsecure mode?

The reason book-marking the page does not work is because sometimes the web
site sends me a direct link to retrieve some message, that link would first
ask me to login (and defaults to un-secure mode).

If I use my own book-marked secure login page, after I logged in I would
have to navigate through several pages before I get to the message, so it is
more convenient to use the link they send.

 

[Joe Black]

Hi Peter,

Though I am not sure if this could help.

You could try by adding the domain name of that particular site to your
trusted sites list and enable https option.

1. Open IE --> Tools --> Internet Options --> Security.
2. Select Trusted sites icon and click sites.
3. Uncheck the box for Require server... and then type the domain name(eg
*.abc.com) or specific website(eg xyz.abc.com), Click Add and then check the
box Requires server...
4. Click Ok twice.
5. Close all IE instances adn then try opening the site again.

I believe this should take care of the issue. Somebody may have a better
idea though.