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Old 08-30-2005, 11:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
cowudders14
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Security/Encryption - Is this website secure?

Hi,

I need help understanding security etc.

This website: https://secure.firenet.uk.net/signup...band/index.asp gives a security error when viewed in Opera (8.02):
Quote:
Your communication with the server secure.firenet.uk.net is encrypted, but the presented certificate had errors:
An insecure encryption level was requested by the server.
Sending sensitive information through this connection is not safe!
Opera tells me the encryption protocal is "TLS v1.0 128 bit ARC4 (512 bit RSA/MD5)". Now, that's meaningless to me, but having a message such as "this website is not secure" pop up worries me. The admin of the site tells me it's perfectly secure and they pay a handsome sum to Thawte each year for it. So, which/who is right?

Help!

Thanks all!
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