IE8 - viewing site certificate details

[Guest Kiwi-Gee]

Morning all,

 

When using https:// and there is a problem with a site's certificate, and

 

IE8 displays a page telling me so, how can I check the certificate details

 

before the site is loaded to my browser.

 

The only method I have found so far is to continue to the site anyway, and

 

then select to see only secure parts of the page. However this dowloads

 

content before I am comfortable about the site's identity, although it does

 

give me access to the 'red' address bar from which I can check the

 

certificate.

 

This problem arose for me because a recently renewed certificate was issued

 

for an incorrect server name.

 

Thanks.