Sites set up with security certificates are intended to instill confidence in Web Users. However, sites (companies) must renew their certificates to continue having the privledge of calling themselves "secure." This is much more important when you're giving a site very sensitive info, such as credit card info. The "warning" box pops up when a secure site's certificate has expired. Expired only means they missed the deadline--normally sites ARE doing whatever they need to do, it's in process, but has not been completed--yet. Soon the box should disappear-- if TGN completes what they need to do. Your own PC's settings also determine if you'll see the box. Look under Tools on Internet Explorer...Internet Options... Security... then it has a box for Secure/ Trusted Sites. I believe you can list sites there but I think you need the https beginning rather than http (??) You'll see if you try to add www.ancestry.com Now, just to do boards, it's not really an issue. You aren't giving a credit card, so no big deal. But as a user, you always have the option of staying off a site you don't trust. Judy On 1/27/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I try to open the board sign-in page at: > _https://myaccount.rootsweb.com/signin_ ( > https://myaccount.rootsweb.com/signin) > > a Security Alert window pops up with a yellow triangle in the upper left > corner with an exclamation mark in it and a padlock by it that says: > > "Information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed or changed by > others. However there is a problem with the site's > Security Certificate." > > Then there is a green circle with a check mark in it and by the circle it > says: > "The Security Certificate is from a trusted authority." > > Then another yellow triangle with exclamation mark and it says: > "The Security Certificate has expired or is not yet valid" > > Then another green circle with a checkmark and it says: > "The Security Certificate has a valid name matching the name of the > page you > are trying to view" > > Do you want to proceed? > > Then three buttons: YES NO VIEW CERTIFICATE > > What is going on???? > > Marilyn > > > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Washington County PA Websites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~florian/ http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~florian/ http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.com/~florian/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/