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Explanation of the differences in secure connection between the site provided

We want EE brief explanation of the 4 secure sites and why the use different method of Class, connection and encryption

jana

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forgot the the pic of the sites:

Sites viewed in the Pc:

Expert-Exchange 'Ask Question'

Bank (fake name)

Microsoft (hotmail, skydrive, etc.)

gmail

Security Info viewed sites:
Classes: Class 3 and Authority G2
Connection used: TLS 1.0, SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.2
Encryption: RCA_128/SHA1/RSA, AES_128_CDB/SHA1/RSA and RC4_128/SHA1/ECDHE_RSA

Please gives us you observations

Thank you very much!

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Dave Baldwin

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jana

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So in conclusion, an explanation of the differences of the secure connection between the site provided at 'ID: 39460457' is caused by when the certificates were originally purchased?

Is that an accurate assumption?

Dave Baldwin

Good enough I suppose. There is no requirement for them to all be the same, even if they were all purchased today.

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jana

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Thank you all.

One last question. Why does expert-exchange have a secure connection when placing a question (We found this curious since placing a question seams a none security breach).

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jana

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You are correct. Just typed in google.com and saw the secure connection "https://www.google.hn/". Always thought it was non-secure. And always thought that if a site had a secure connection, that security would have been a cost transfer to the customer. Now we are more confused on why some sites are secured when, at laymen view, it seems unnecessary.

So this means that my connection to google is always encrypted?

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jana

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Ok understood.

Thank you very much.

Scott Fell

When you are ready to build, just give us a new question with more details and we can give you more detailed answers for your own project.

Good luck!

jana

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Actually, for now is no building. Is more on knowledge. We did place a question. It would be great if you can followup on it:

http://mobile.experts-exchange.com/questions/28236708/How-to-force-https-on-web-page.html?anchorAnswerId=39484307#a39484307