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(HTTPS).  
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HTTPS is widely used on the World Wide Web for security-sensitive communications such as payment transactions and corporate logons.
HTTPS is widely used on the World Wide Web for security-sensitive communications such as payment transactions and corporate logons.
Often abbreviated in lower case as ''''https''''.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Cybersecurity]]
* [[Encryption]]
* [[Transport Layer Security]]
* [[Transport Layer Security]]


[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Revision as of 22:23, 3 February 2019

Cybersecurity.

(HTTPS).

A protocol which provides a secure connection for transferring documents over the web.

HTTPS incorporates a normal HTTP interaction but with an additional encryption/authentication layer over an encrypted Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS).

HTTPS is widely used on the World Wide Web for security-sensitive communications such as payment transactions and corporate logons.


Often abbreviated in lower case as 'https'.


See also