HTTPS

Encrypted browsing standard

HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is the encrypted protocol for web communication, now standard for virtually all websites.

Banks, shopping sites, and any page handling sensitive data require HTTPS.

Browsers mark HTTP sites as "not secure" to encourage the switch: The site redirected from HTTP to HTTPS automatically. (Lowercase https is the same protocol, often seen in URLs.)

encryption

TLS

Network encryption protocol

cryptographic · handshake · symmetric · asymmetric · AES · SHA-256 · confidentiality · RSA

security

authentication

Confirming genuine identity

trust · integrity · authorization · cybersecurity · firewall · password · padlock · vulnerability · exploit

web

browser

Web access program

webpage · hyperlink · navigation · bookmark · hosting · cloud · CDN · Apache · sitemap · crawling

protocol

TCP

Connection-oriented network protocol

  • IPProtected creations or addresses
  • URIResource identification string
  • URLWeb location identifier

request · response · POST · header · redirect · client-server · packet · IPv4 · IPv6 · connection

infrastructure

server

One who attends tables

  • DNSInternet naming protocol
  • routerPacket-forwarding network device
  • networkInterconnected system

gateway · proxy · endpoint · API · REST · JSON · microservices · CDN · hostname · subdomain

Categories
Opposites
security/encryption status

HTTPSHTTP

Web data transmission standard

cleartext · FTP

data privacy

HTTPSHTTP

Web data transmission standard

unencrypted · unsecured · open connection

Phrases
Family

HTTP

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G