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Questions tagged [security-warning]

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Why is an unsigned SSL cert treated worse than no SSL cert?

If I view a site that has a unsigned or self-signed SSL cert, my browser gives me a warning. Yet the same browser has no problem allowing credentials to be sent across unsecured pages. Why is the self-signed cert treated worse than having no cert?
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"The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security. Please ensure that you can contact the server that authenticated you"

We have a Windows 7 environment with an SBS 2003 server (which is the office's DC, DNS server, DHCP server and file server). It's a small, non-profit organization, otherwise we would have been able to afford to upgrade the server and, generally, it…
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IE9 keeps telling me that "Your security setting level puts your computer at risk"

So, the other day, after at least two years of being annoyed by the question that Windows gives when I try to run a program that I downloaded, which asks me if I'm sure I want to run it; I searched IE options for anything that would disable that…
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Should I allow unknown host key when using SFTP?

I've switched from FTP with TLS to SFTP and now a dialog appears when I try to connect saying Unknown Host Key for www.example.com. Then it presents two options Deny and Allow. What does this mean? Should I select Allow or Deny?
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Outlook shows certificate security warning in local LAN although certificate is only associated to IIS

I have the following configuration with Exchange Server 2010: I have a self-signed certificate which is associated with all the services (POP, SMTP etc..) except IIS (which is associated with a certificate issued by Verisign and it works perfectly…
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how to get rid of certificate error: navigation blocked in ie8

when I access our intranet via https I get this "certificate error: navigation blocked" error in IE8 on Windows XP SP3. I can click Continue to this website (not recommended). but I use IE for automation testing so I have to avoid these extra…
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How to suppress "WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!"

I've been through two Stack Exchange questions/answers and two GPG mailing list posts. I can't seem to clear "WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!". I would now like to disable it since I can't seem to clear it. GnuPG shows…
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How to disable "Opening these files might be harmful to your computer" warning popup in AppData sub folders?

On Windows 10 with latest updates, I have a ZIP file in an AppData\LocalLow sub-folder: C:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\Test\test.zip. From Windows File Explorer, whenever I right click on this zip file to open the context menu, I get a warning popup…
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Firefox allow HTTP URLs (and not force HTTPS)

tl;dr I want to browse an http-based URL but Firefox will not let me. A local network HTTP server is at http://host (port 80) and the corresponding HTTPS server is at https://host (port 443). When I type into the Firefox Address Bar http://host⏎,…
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Disable Firefox's "Open Executable File" warning

After updating Firefox to ver. 67.0, a dialog box with the headline "Open Executable File?" is coming up every time I open an executable. How can I disable those warnings? (Unchecking these on Firefox's settings didn't help).
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How to configure Firefox to warn or reject SHA-1 signed certificates?

Is there a way to configure Firefox either through an add-on, plugin, or other setting that will either reject or warn whenever it encounters a certificate that has been signed using SHA-1?
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stop windows 7 from warning me about opening a file

I have a linux VM sharing a folder with windows 7. I have a file with no extension. By default it opens in my fav text editors. Everytime i double click it, i get a messaging saying files from the internet may be useful but may be malicious. How do…
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How to get rid of security warning when running batch script on network drive

I have seen the following question, but this is different: Get rid of Vista security warning I wanted to make a convenience .bat script for fast cleanup (deleting several files in current directory). If i make such a .bat script in my home folder on…
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Get rid of Vista security warning

Possible Duplicate: Get rid of Vista security warning I found this question. The question exactly matches my problem, but the solution doesn't work. In the Properties window, I see "Security: This file came from another computer and might be…
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SSL https (http secure) sites won't display is client or server side?

Oddly, python.org has suddenly become unreachable for me through the Archlinux repo version of Firefox (v27 and v28.0 update): Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to www.python.org. The OCSP response is not yet valid…
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