No padlock displayed in IE, even though it's all SSL. (Firefox shows a padlock)

[google]

Hello,

I have a web page that runs under SSL. This page calls all its
resources (images, stylesheet, etc) from the same secure server, but
the padlock does not appear when I load it. Actually, when the page
*first* loads, the padlock appears, but then disappears after a second
or so. This sounds like the page itself it recognised as being SSL, but
IE thinks there's some non-SSL resource being loaded. This is confirmed
by the fact that when loading, I get a message box telling me that the
page contains non-secure and secure items. Trouble is, I can't find any
non-secure items!! The page doesn't use frames, iframes, etc.

If I load the page in Firefox, it shows as a secure page. FF has a
really neat feature that if you right-click the page and choose Page
Info, the window that pops up has a tab called Media. Clicking that tab
shows all the files associated with the page. Looking down the list, I
can see that all items start with "https". Clicking the tab called
Links shows all the links on the page, and I can see that the two
non-anchor links listed (the stylesheet and the page's form) are both
SSL.

So, anyone any idea why the padlock doesn't show in IE? IE thinks
there's at least one non-secure item on the page, but I can't see what
it is. I need to sort this out as my client is getting upset as the
page looks like it's not secure.

If you want to see it, please look at
https://www.fdrg.net/online-own-name-companies-registration.asp

Any help appreciated
Alan

 

[Daniel Crichton]

Hello,

I have a web page that runs under SSL. This page calls all its
resources (images, stylesheet, etc) from the same secure server, but
the padlock does not appear when I load it. Actually, when the page
*first* loads, the padlock appears, but then disappears after a second
or so. This sounds like the page itself it recognised as being SSL, but
IE thinks there's some non-SSL resource being loaded. This is confirmed
by the fact that when loading, I get a message box telling me that the
page contains non-secure and secure items. Trouble is, I can't find any
non-secure items!! The page doesn't use frames, iframes, etc.

If I load the page in Firefox, it shows as a secure page. FF has a
really neat feature that if you right-click the page and choose Page
Info, the window that pops up has a tab called Media. Clicking that tab
shows all the files associated with the page. Looking down the list, I
can see that all items start with "https". Clicking the tab called
Links shows all the links on the page, and I can see that the two
non-anchor links listed (the stylesheet and the page's form) are both
SSL.

So, anyone any idea why the padlock doesn't show in IE? IE thinks
there's at least one non-secure item on the page, but I can't see what
it is. I need to sort this out as my client is getting upset as the
page looks like it's not secure.

If you want to see it, please look at
https://www.fdrg.net/online-own-name-companies-registration.asp

Any help appreciated
Alan

I'd take a guess that it's to do with the Flash object, as it's codebase
points at a http:// URL. I just tested loading in IE after disabling all
ActiveX, and it then shows the padlock as it should.

Dan

Dan

 

[Daniel Crichton]

A bit of Googling seems to confirm this - change http:// to https:// in your
codebase URL.

Dan

 

[google]

Oh, I didn't think it would bother with the codebase. Thanks for the
tip. I'll try that out and see if it works.

 

[google]

P.S. It did!! Thanks again

 

[georgegilbert]

https://www.insurancenow.com/test4.html

displays padlock in

safari mac
firefox mac
ie 5.1 mac
nn7 mac
firefox pc
nn pc

but not IE6 or 5.5 on pc

Even though when you check file properties or click where the icon
should be it says it is encrypted.


Help pls!

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

https://www.insurancenow.com/test4.html gives a 404 page not found error.

Tom