HTTPS - Class 11 and 12 CS and IP Notes

 HTTPS:

1. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure.

2. HTTPS is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

3. It is used for secure communication over a computer network.

4. HTTPS also referred to as HTTP over TLS, or HTTP over SSL.

5. In HTTPS, the communication is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

6. HTTPS  is a secure version of the HTTP protocol that uses the SSL/TLS protocol to encrypt data.

7. Port number of HTTPS is 443

8. HTTPS uses an encryption protocol to encrypt communications.

9. HTTPS transfers data in cipher text (encrypt text).

10. HTTPS requires SSL certificate.

11. HTTPS is slower than HTTP

12. HTTPS helps to improve search ranking.

13. HTTPs URLs begin with https://