Re: Draft 3 of the proposal to encode an EXTERNAL LINK SIGN in the BMP

From: Andrew West (andrewcwest@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Aug 10 2006 - 17:55:28 CDT

  • Next message: Doug Ewell: "Re: Draft 3 of the proposal to encode an EXTERNAL LINK SIGN in the BMP"

    On 10/08/06, Doug Ewell <dewell@adelphia.net> wrote:
    >
    > Several years ago I suggested (but didn't propose) a pair of symbols
    > which might be called CLOSED PADLOCK and OPEN PADLOCK. These are
    > commonly used to indicate, respectively, a secure and non-secure
    > connection or status (the latter in cases where security might be
    > expected or assumed). For example, the closed-lock symbol is often seen
    > in Web browsers to indicate an https: connection, and on pages to show
    > that a given link leads to a secure site.
    >

    And to indicate whether a document is password protected or not, as
    for example on the SC2 Document Register page
    <http://lucia.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/itscj/servlets/ScmDoc10?Com_Id=02>.

    Andrew



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