How to examine a site certificate if I am using https to connect to a web site

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How to examine a site certificate if I am using https to connect to a web site? Say, I am typing https://a_web_site_name.com, How to know the followihng info about the site I am visiting in a web brower?

1)who's the issuer of the certificate
2)when the certificate is expired?

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David

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Depends on the browser.

FF1.5: Tools >> Page Info, Security tab
IE6: File >> Properties, Cetificate button

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Also, with MSIE or Firefox, you can double click on the little "lock" image in the browser's status bar to bring up a window with certificate information.

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