The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme HTTPS has identical usage syntax to the HTTP scheme. However, … See more

The security of HTTPS is that of the underlying TLS, which typically uses long-term public and private keys to generate a short-term session key, which is then used to encrypt the data flow between the client and the ser… See more

HTTPS URLs begin with "https://" and use port 443 by default, whereas, HTTP URLs begin with "http://" and use port 80 by default.
HTTP is not encrypted and thus is vulnerable to … See more

Netscape Communications created HTTPS in 1994 for its Netscape Navigator web browser. Originally, HTTPS was used with the SSL protocol. As SSL evolved into Transport Layer Security (TLS), HTTPS was formally sp… See more

• Transport Layer Security
• Bullrun (decryption program) – a secret anti-encryption program run by the US National Security Agency
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