Difference between revisions of "HTTPS protocol"

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HTTPS: Short for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. It is the secured version of HTTP, which is the protocol used in the World Wide Web to deliver web pages. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands.
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'''Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure''' ('''HTTPS''') is the secured version of HTTP, which is the protocol used in the World Wide Web to deliver web pages. HTTP led to the establishment of the World Wide Web in 1990 by English physicist Tim Berners-Lee.
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HTTPS is secured by combining HTTP with the [[TLS protocol]] or the older [[SSL protocol]].

Revision as of 07:11, 20 November 2009

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secured version of HTTP, which is the protocol used in the World Wide Web to deliver web pages. HTTP led to the establishment of the World Wide Web in 1990 by English physicist Tim Berners-Lee.

HTTPS is secured by combining HTTP with the TLS protocol or the older SSL protocol.

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