web security issue

[khurram]

hi people,
when i try to sign in hotmail account it shows message "login.passport.com" could not be found" what is the reason for this message.even though i can sign in same site through windows without any such message. similarly when i submit any other form on net it shows message like 'information u 've submited is to be sent through unencrypted connection so it can be read by any third party'. how do i go about resolving these problems.

thanks.

khurram.

[psi42]

Probably your firewall is blocking https...

[Syngin]

Might be a Microsoft thing since they own Hotmail. I'm assuming you're using Linux to access Hotmail? Isn't MS's Passport setup proprietary?

[infiniphunk]

Whenever you get online for the first time your browser will always tell you that sending info over the net un-encrypted is (in theory) possible to intercept by a 3rd party. Don't worry about that. You get the same message when you do a fresh install of windows the first time you use IExplorer; typically all browsers show that warning. Just deselect the "show me this warning everytime...." and move on. You will also get that when you are going from a secure site(such as hotmail or a banking site) and going to site that doesn't use encryption, like this ONE (http://homestarrunner.com/)
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