PRB: Security Warning Message Occurs When You Browse to a Page That Contains an IFRAME Through SSL (261188)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.01 SP1
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 4.01 SP2
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5

This article was previously published under Q261188

SYMPTOMS

When you browse to a page through HTTPS, you may receive following Security Information warning message:

This page contains both secure and nonsecure items.

Do you want to display the nonsecure items?

This occurs when the page contains an IFRAME that does not specify a SRC attribute.

CAUSE

The warning message occurs because Microsoft Internet Explorer is unable to determine if the SRC attribute of the IFRAME is secure or unsecure.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem for a page that will be downloaded through SSL, set the SRC attribute of the IFRAME.

If the IFRAME is not expected to have a SRC attribute initially, point the IFRAME to a dummy HTML page.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/

http://support.microsoft.com/iep

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	5/11/2006
Keywords:	kbNavigation kbprb kbSecurity KB261188