How to load a Html Image with https in Word?

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I have an image that is like

https://example.company.org/image

When I type this into the browser it says

The site's security certificate is not trusted!

and then I proceed saying "OK" - it loads up fine . .

To wget this I can do 

wget https://example.company.org/image --no-check-certificate

However the problem is that I want this to open up in MS Word (I.e a scenario where the Clipboard (In HTML Format) is copied into MS Word) . How can I bypass this security ? How to make SSL word with MSWord or how do I remove this security altogether for a particular URL only ?

Nishant

Posted 2014-07-11T14:05:01.337

Reputation: 555

Have you tried it with simply "http://example.company.org/image" ? I mean, HTTP instead of HTTPS ?

– duDE – 2014-07-11T14:20:24.200

That is giving the same result - I think some sites default to HTTPS in the server side ? – Nishant – 2014-07-11T14:34:01.233

Looks like we have a similar issue reported http://superuser.com/questions/261415/dynamic-images-served-over-https-display-broken-image-in-word-when-opening-an-ht

– Nishant – 2014-07-14T13:55:40.963

Answers

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For anyone interested , Server should get a certificate that is valid with a CA bundled with Windows - so that Windows recognizes the https:// That is , the scenario where IE doesn't prompt you for a Security Certificate or doesn't show you the Security Warning in Address bar scenario it will work fine !

Nishant

Posted 2014-07-11T14:05:01.337

Reputation: 555

Indeed. One can manually add root certificates to the trust list, if desired. Dunno about self-signed certificates though. – Daniel B – 2014-07-14T16:15:50.260

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