On 1/20/2018 7:13 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
> 
>> I went to [Edit > Preferences] on the SeaMonkey menu bar and
>> selected [Privacy & Security > Certificates] on the left side of the
>> Prefeences window (under Category).  If I clear both checkboxes under
>> OCSP, I have no problem reaching google.com; but I refuse to surf the
>> Web in such an insecure manner.  If I check only the first checkbox,
>> I again have no problem; but that is still surfing in an insecure
>> manner.  If I check both checkboxes, the problem still exists.
> 
> Fair points.
> 
> So why should we care if our connection to Google is secure? It's just a 
> search engine.
> 

That is a very good question.  However, Mozilla is working towards
having Firefox mark all non-HTTPS Web sites with warnings.  There have
even been suggestions at other organizations that their browsers reject
attempts to view non-HTTPS sites.

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