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From: "Robert Comer"
It worked here, the second time I loaded the website...
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Bob Comer
"Glenn Meadows" wrote in message
news:45aafe1b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Nor mine. What piece are we missing? I have the phishing filter enabled.
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> Glenn M.
> "Mike N." wrote in message
> news:2nolq29selcdfap9aqvfmoi7lj4devidrj{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> It doesn't turn green for me on any of my IE7 systems.
>> https://www.entrust.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/new_web_site_identity_tag
s_mak_1.html
>>
>> A long-promised technology for helping consumers verify the legitimacy of
>> commercial Web sites made its debut on the Internet Friday: Visit online
>> security company Entrust's login page with Microsoft's Internet Explorer
>> 7
>> Web browser and you'll notice that the address bar has turned from white
>> to
>> green.
>>
>> Entrust's site appears to be the first to feature what are being called
>> "extended validation certificates," a development that
is equal parts
>> technology, process and collaboration. It comes in response to an
>> epidemic
>> of phishing attacks, or online scams in which bad guys erect Web sites
>> that
>> impersonate trusted e-commerce and banking sites in order to trick users
>> into revealing personal and financial data.
>>
>> "EV certs," as they're known in the industry, are meant
to serve as a
>> more
>> user-friendly version of secure-sockets layer (SSL) certificates, the
>> digital placards long handed out by Entrust and other "certificate
>> authorities" that are meant to signify to consumers that they are on a
>> site
>> that uses encryption technology. The goal is to assure visitors that
>> unauthorized third parties can't intercept user names, passwords, and
>> other
>> sensitive data that consumers enter when shopping or banking online.
>> ..............
>
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