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- <H2>Creating a Secure Link Using the SSL Protocol </H2>
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- To establish a secure link using this Enhanced Microsoft Internet
- Explorer SSL-capable browser requires nothing more than clicking
- a hyperlink that begins with the https:// prefix. The https://
- prefix indicates that the server is SSL-capable.
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- If you know the address for a secure server, you can establish a secure
- link to it as follows.
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- <LI>On the File menu, choose Open. <BR>
- Or click the Open button on the toolbar.<BR>
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- <LI>Type <B>https://</B> followed by the address (URL).
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- The SSL code in the browser and in the server communicate using
- the HTTPS protocol to authenticate the server.
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- SSL encrypts the data so no one can read the data on the connection,
- and ensures that the data is not changed during transmission.
- This enables you to send your credit card number to a secure store
- site without fear that the digits can be read off the network.
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