Accessing Trusted Sites Settings via Chrome

Adding a "Trusted Site" via Google Chrome is primarily done by accessing your computer's system-level Internet Options, rather than within Chrome's own settings. While a "secure site" typically refers to a website using HTTPS encryption, adding a site to your "Trusted Sites" list is a configuration setting on your operating system (commonly Windows) that changes how the system and some applications, including aspects of browsers like Chrome via integration points, handle the security level for that specific domain.

Here's how you can access the "Trusted Sites" settings using options available through Google Chrome:

The process involves navigating through Chrome's settings to reach the underlying system-level internet properties where Trusted Sites are managed.

Based on the provided reference, follow these steps:

1. Click the 3 horizontal lines icon on the far right of the Address bar.
2. Click on Settings.
3. Scroll to the bottom and click the Show Advanced Settings link.
4. Click on Change proxy settings. This action will open the Windows Internet Properties dialog box, which is part of your operating system's network and security configuration.
5. In the Windows Internet Properties dialog box, click the Security tab, then click the Trusted Sites icon, and finally click the Sites button.

Adding the Site to the Trusted List

Once you click the Sites button in the "Trusted Sites" section of the Internet Properties dialog, a new dialog box specifically for Trusted Sites will appear. This is where you add the desired website URL.

• In the Add this website to the zone: field, type the full URL of the website you want to add (e.g., https://www.example.com or http://www.anothersite.org).
• Click the Add button.
• You can repeat this process to add multiple sites.
• By default, the option Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone is often checked. If the site you are adding uses HTTPS, keep this checked. If it's an HTTP site and you need to add it to Trusted Sites for a specific reason, you might need to uncheck this box, but be aware that this lowers the security requirements for all sites in the Trusted zone.
• Once you have added all the necessary sites, click Close.
• Click OK on the Windows Internet Properties dialog box to save the changes.

What Adding a Trusted Site Accomplishes

Adding a website to the Trusted Sites list tells your operating system to apply a specific security level (usually lower or less restrictive than the default "Internet" zone) to that site. This can influence how your computer and potentially your browser handle content from that site, such as allowing certain scripts or active content that might otherwise be blocked by stricter security settings. This is a system-wide setting and affects other applications that utilize these Windows Internet Security Zones.