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ALSO CALLED: Hypertext Transfer Protocol and Hypertext Transport Protocol
DEFINITION: HTTPS (HTTP over SSL or HTTP Secure) is the use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) as a sublayer under regular HTTP application layering. HTTPS encrypts and decrypts user page requests as well as the pages that are returned by the Web server. The use of HTTPS
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HTTP DEFINITION (continued): … protects against eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. HTTPS was developed by Netscape. HTTPS and SSL support the use of X.509 digital certificates from the server so that, if necessary, a user can authenticate the sender. Unless a different port is specified, HTTPS uses port 443 instead of HTTP port 80 in its interactions with the lower layer, TCP/IP. Suppose you visit a Web site to view their online …
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