What a visitor's browser sees first.
No padlockBrowsers mark your site as not secure.Missing
No answerYour site did not answer our check in time.Partly
The padlockThe connection cannot be read or altered on the way.Passes
Example
Order a cake from the bakery on Main Street.
I could not verify that site's connection. Here are two I could.
Example Cake ShopSecure
Example PatisserieSecure
Your bakery: refused, with no reason given
Browsers mark an insecure site as not secure, in front of the customer.
Do not take our word for it. Look.
Free, no account needed- Type https:// in front of your address and load it.
- A padlock and no warning means you are fine.
- A warning, or a page that will not load at all over https, means it is either off or your certificate has expired.
- Certificates renew automatically almost everywhere, so an expired one usually means a setting changed.
What we do, and what we leave alone.
Example shop, today
Is your site safe to open?Missing
After the fix
Is your site safe to open?Passes
- Free everywhere. We point you at the setting.
- There is nothing to sell here.
- The next check picks it up.