Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It uses encryption for secure communication over a 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 server. X.509 certificates are used to authenticate the … 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 See more

• RFC 8446: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3 See more

The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme HTTPS has identical usage syntax to the HTTP scheme. However, HTTPS signals the browser to use an added encryption layer of SSL/TLS to protect the traffic. SSL/TLS is especially suited for HTTP, … See more

Difference from HTTP
HTTPS URLs begin with "https://" and use port 443 by default, whereas, HTTP URLs begin with "http://" … See more

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