On 2/22/2017 4:40 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote:
> Steve Dunn wrote:
>> On 2017-02-22 02:02, Paul in Houston, TX wrote:
>>> I happens when I enter a zip code in the location box at:
>>> https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=hgx&product=N0R&loop=yes
>>
>>      It's exactly what the warning message says it is:  anything you enter 
>> in this form
>> gets sent back to the server unencrypted.  Here, stripped of some markup, is 
>> the key part
>> of the HTML source code for that form:
>>
>> form method="POST" action="http://forecast.weather.gov/zipcity.php";
>>
>>      Note that the action to send your input to the server uses http, not 
>> https.  That's
>> why you get the warning.
> 
> Thanks Steve.
> Is the message generated by SM or sent by the website?
> 

The message is generated by SeaMonkey, but it is in response to what
SeaMonkey receives from the Web server.  The fault is with the Web site,
not the browser.

-- 
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>

Paraphrasing Mark Twain, who was quoting someone else:
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and
alternative truths.
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