On certain pages of Firefox gold lock is on, but the Norton toolbar does not indicate that the page is secure. On some, the opposite is true. Why is this?

There are pages where I think that the page should be secure is starts with https:// and the lock however seems to show it's safe. However the Norton toolbar only indicates that the page is secure; It doesn't mean it's safe. Sometimes the lock is not displayed but the Norton toolbar says the page is secure. Most of the time the two indicators are okay, but I was wondering why there are moments where they are not.

Hello! The question you have posted is really an interesting question. The following could be the reasons for this:

  • NORTON provides a security seal to the owners of Web sites. Sometimes these joints can be revoked or expire. That's when NORTON Security Toolbar will display it "Insecure". But the same site may use SSL, then Mozilla poster protection the golden padlock and identify as "Secure".
  • Sometimes, a site cannot use SSL, but to use Norton seals. While Mozilla identifies it as "Insecure" and Norton identifies as "Secure".

Security measures could change the behavior of the different measures of protection. But as Mozilla checks the SSL certificate on the Web site (and not for any joints!), a better option would be to trust of the sites identified by the golden padlock, because it guarantees a total safety.

We hope that these reasons would cause.

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