It may also mean that although the connection is secured and the
cert matches the source, your browser may not recognize the CA authority.
identity(i.e. issued by a trusted authority). That's normally the
case with server generated certs. The only option here is to install
the cert on the browser to avoid future warnings.

But if you purchased the cert from a real CA authority it's possible
you are missing the intermediate CA certificate file and/or definition
statement on your httpd.conf

-mtm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ryan Byrd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 11:04 PM
Subject: [uug] ssl or not?


> So I installed a secure cert on a domain (example.com) and when I go to
> https://www.example.com Mozilla displays a closed lock icon on the bottom
> window frame with a red line through it.
> 
> I click on the icon it pops up a window which says "Web Site Identity
> Verified" and "Connection Encryped: High-grade Encryption (RC4 128 bit)"
> 
> My question, Since the cert was verified and encrypted, why the red line
> through the lock icon?
> 
> ideas?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
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