HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure

HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a combination of the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with the SSL/TLS protocol. It provides encrypted communication to prevent eavesdropping and to securely identify the web server with which you are actually communicating. Historically, HTTPS connections were primarily used for payment transactions on the World Wide Web, e-mail and for sensitive transactions in corporate information systems. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, HTTPS began to see widespread use for protecting page authenticity on all types of websites, securing accounts and keeping user communications, identity and browsing history private.

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Documentation

Request for Comments (RFC)

• 2817 - Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1 [EN]
• 2818 - HTTP Over TLS [EN]
• 6797 - HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) [EN]

Implementations

Server

3 pages found:

• Apache
• caddy
• Nginx

Client

4 pages found:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• LibreWolf
• Safari

Tools

3 pages found:

• aria2
• curl
• wget