Secure connection: ie vs firefox

[Votan]

I installed Firefox a few days ago; I used to use ie6 then recently ie8. My ISP provides the option to longin to webmail on secure connection and continue the session on secure connection.

When I open a new message or I delete a message in a folder, before I get to the new page ie offers to me whether I wish to continue working on secure connection.

For some reasons Firefox supresses the ISP option and reverses to a regular nonsecure connection after longin on secure connection.

Is this a known issue of Firefox?

Incidentally, where does Firefox stores the temporary internet files and coockies?

[NooNoo]

Why are you not using IE7?

The secure connection is https:// the unsecure one is http:// Are you saying that firefox reverts to http:// or do they both show http?

Firefox user profiles (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information) The article shows you how to back them up and from where... if you just want to delete stuff, you use the tools option in the browser itself.

Java settings for firefox (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Java+plugin+with+Firefox)

[Ferrit]

Backing up all of Firefox is a easy with Mozbackup,but i sense you want to erase your tracks.
Is that what your getting at?

[CeeBee]

Usually only logins are performed on a secure (https) connection. Email isn't "highly sensitive" like a bank account info since it goes in plain text from the sender to the receiver anyway (unless you have some encryption schemes in place - very uncommon).

[Votan]

ie displays https after login when I choose to continue the session in secure mode; it displays http when I choose non-secure mode. Firefox displays https at login but it continues with http whether or not I choose to continue on secure mode.

I used ie7 just before I used ie8. I did not find much of a difference to roll back to ie7. Are there any security features in ie7 that makes it more appealing than ie8?

There is nothing really sensitive in my email exchange, it is just I like blue you like green.

I am aware that most ISP webmail works on non-secure mode. but my provider earthlink offers this option.

I usually delete all temporary internet files, but I will be interested in learning who plants cookies on my HD.

[NooNoo]

Everyone puts cookies on your hard disk... turn cookies off and watch the internet vanish!

try this (http://www.httpwatch.com/)

[Votan]

Everyone puts cookies on your hard disk... turn cookies off and watch the internet vanish!

try this (http://www.httpwatch.com/)

I know everyone puts cookies on my HD though some cookies are not desirable, I tend to prevent them from loading.

[CeeBee]

ie displays https after login when I choose to continue the session in secure mode; it displays http when I choose non-secure mode. Firefox displays https at login but it continues with http whether or not I choose to continue on secure mode.
Again, some parts may be secure, some not. You may have a secure data transmission in a "non-secure" page (ex page layout is non-secure, actual data is secure).

[NooNoo]

I think maybe you should talk to firefox directly about this.

[Votan]

Again, some parts may be secure, some not. You may have a secure data transmission in a "non-secure" page (ex page layout is non-secure, actual data is secure).

I get message box before the display of the new page asking me if I wanted to display the non-secured items. I presume if I select 'no' only secured data will be displayed.

[NooNoo]

That's true only the secure data is displayed in IE... which usually means you cannot display the bit you are interested in... try it and see.

[Votan]

Acutally I do it at times and I see vitually only the things I am interested in. A lot of things are not displayed. For istance, images, logos and ads are not visible. But in general whether or not they were displayed it doesn't matter me.

[NooNoo]

Having gone through the options on security, I think I can safely say that Firefox does not do what you want. If you read here (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question) you can turn on the security message - but when it is invoked you don't get the option to display secure parts only. You can either cancel or display all of it.

If you want to persue this then ask a question of the Mozilla forums (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question) and get an explanation as to why you can't do what you want.

[CeeBee]

Acutally I do it at times and I see vitually only the things I am interested in. A lot of things are not displayed. For istance, images, logos and ads are not visible. But in general whether or not they were displayed it doesn't matter me.
It's useless to encrypt stylesheets and logos, therefore they are transferred over a non-encrypted connection. It does not affect the security of your data. No need to be paranoid about it.