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What's the difference between HTTP and HTTPS ?

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18th Apr 2017, 4:43 AM

Shreyas Salunkhe

3 Answers

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Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure(HTTPS) is the secure version ofHTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted.

18th Apr 2017, 4:55 AM

Abhinav Singh

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you'll need a SSL certificate to use https. there are free certificates you can get from Let's encrypt.

18th Apr 2017, 5:56 AM

Mario L.

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https/ssl won't secure the source code. it secures the communication between client and server in order to prevent for example man in the middle attacks.

18th Apr 2017, 3:07 PM

Mario L.