HTTPS: Difference between revisions

'''Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure''' ('''HTTPS''') is an extension of the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] (HTTP). It is used for [[Secure communications|secure communication]] over a [[Network operating system|computer network]], and is widely used on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6073543?hl=en |publisher=Google, Inc. |work=Google Support |access-date=2018-10-20 |title=Secure your site with HTTPS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/https.html |publisher=[[Comodo Group|Comodo CA Limited]] |quote=Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secure version of HTTP [...] |access-date=2018-10-20 |title=What is HTTPS?}}</ref> In HTTPS, the [[communication protocol]] is encrypted using [[Transport Layer Security]] (TLS) or formerly, its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The protocol is therefore also often referred to as '''HTTP over TLS''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2818 |title=HTTP Over TLS |publisher=The Internet Engineering Task Force |date=May 2000 |access-date=2018-10-20 |author=Network Working Group}}</ref> or '''HTTP over SSL'''.