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Hide / Suppress Protocol cannot be switched to HTTPS;

HTTPS is not configured/active; No switch to HTTPS


occured, so it is not secure to send a password
Tip: Hide Suppress warning No switch to HTTPS occurred, so it is not secure to send a password on login
screen.

Is turning it off safe. Well for internal non-productive systems clean-text Ethernet password sniffers may
not be worth the efforts of the CIA or even bored internal staff.
Naturally for external facing systems and any production system, https should always be used. To enable
See Note 1527879 which refers to this document
Further information in note 1590454

Example Warning Message

How to Stop Display of the Above Warning Messages


1. Use /nSICF navigate to the respective service sap/bc/webdynpro .

2. Change/Modify the service.

3. Go to table Error Pages choose theConfiguration Button


4. Change protocol to Do Not Switch and select the check box Do Not Display Warnings.
Then Save as Global Setting button

Now test service again (you may need to restart the icf services /nsmicm)
No display of the warning messages.
(Remember this is only for non-productive systems, without sensitive data, presenting to the internal network only, just consider the
worst case, somebody did get there hands on your bosses password, is this a problem? If it is then https is required)

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