[15446] in Athena Bugs
linux 7.7.1A: infoagents, lynx
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jered J Floyd)
Thu Aug 28 17:33:30 1997
From: Jered J Floyd <jered@MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:33:23 EDT
System name: MINBARI.MIT.EDU
Type and version: i586 7.7.1A
Display type: linux
What were you trying to do?
Play with lynx with SSL support, it's neat.
What's wrong:
There's no clear on-screen indication if a page is secure or not.
Netscape has the little key icon, and dialogs that pop up.
Because of this, I find it troubling to obtain a digital
certificate, as it asks me to enter my Kerberos password into
a web form that I am not easily able to tell is secure.
This will likely encourage users to get used to the idea of
entering their Kerberos password into a web form, secure or
not.
What should have happened:
Lynx should put a character or word on a status line indicating
whether or not a page is secure.
Lynx should warn the user before submitting data insecurely,
entering secure/insecure webspace, etc, ala netscape.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
N/A
