PRB: Security Warning Message Occurs When You Browse to a Page That Contains an IFRAME Through SSL

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SYMPTOMS

When you browse to a page through HTTPS, you may receive following Security Information warning message:

This page contains both secure and nonsecure items.

Do you want to display the nonsecure items?

This occurs when the page contains an IFRAME that does not specify a SRC attribute.

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CAUSE

The warning message occurs because Microsoft Internet Explorer is unable to determine if the SRC attribute of the IFRAME is secure or unsecure.

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To resolve this problem for a page that will be downloaded through SSL, set the SRC attribute of the IFRAME.

If the IFRAME is not expected to have a SRC attribute initially, point the IFRAME to a dummy HTML page.

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/ (http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/)

http://support.microsoft.com/iep (http://support.microsoft.com/iep)

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

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