{"id":26,"date":"2011-09-19T02:37:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T10:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2011-09-19T02:38:13","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T10:38:13","slug":"http-vs-https","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"HTTP vs HTTPs"},"content":{"rendered":"

(http) is a system for transmitting and receiving information across the Internet.\u00a0Http\u00a0serves as a request and response procedure that all agents on the Internet follow so that information can be rapidly, easily, and accurately disseminated between servers, which hold information, and clients, who are trying to access it.\u00a0Http\u00a0is commonly used to access html\u00a0pages, but other resources can be utilized as well through\u00a0http. In many cases, clients may be exchanging confidential information with a server, which needs to be secured in order to prevent unauthorized access. For this reason,\u00a0https, or\u00a0secure http<\/em>, was developed by Netscape\u00a0\u00a0to allow authorization and secured transactions.<\/p>\n

In many ways,\u00a0https\u00a0is identical to\u00a0http, because it follows the same basic protocols. The\u00a0http\u00a0or https\u00a0client, such as a\u00a0Web browser<\/a>, establishes a connection to a server on a standard port. When a server receives a request, it returns a status and a message, which may contain the requested information or indicate an error if part of the process malfunctioned. Both systems use the same Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme, so that resources can be universally identified. Use of\u00a0https\u00a0in a URI scheme rather than\u00a0http\u00a0indicates that an\u00a0encrypted<\/a>\u00a0connection is desired.<\/p>\n

There are some primary differences between\u00a0http\u00a0and\u00a0https, however, beginning with the default port, which is 80 for\u00a0http\u00a0and 443 for\u00a0https.\u00a0Https\u00a0works by transmitting normal\u00a0http interactions through an encrypted system, so that in theory, the information cannot be accessed by any party other than the client and end server. There are two common types of\u00a0encryption<\/a>\u00a0layers:\u00a0Transport Layer Security<\/a>\u00a0(TLS<\/a>) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), both of which encode the data records being exchanged.<\/p>\n

When using an\u00a0https\u00a0connection, the server responds to the initial connection by offering a list of\u00a0encryption methods<\/a>\u00a0it supports. In response, the client selects a connection method, and the client and server exchange certificates to authenticate their identities. After this is done, both parties exchange the encrypted information after ensuring that both are using the same key, and the connection is closed. In order to host\u00a0https\u00a0connections, a server must have a\u00a0public key certificate<\/a>, which embeds key information with a verification of the key owner’s identity. Most certificates are verified by a third party so that clients are assured that the key is secure.<\/p>\n

Https\u00a0is used in many situations, such as log-in pages for banking, forms, corporate log ons, and other applications in which data needs to be secure. However, if not implemented properly,https\u00a0is not infallible, and therefore it is extremely important for end users to be wary about accepting questionable certificates and cautious with their personal information while using the Internet.<\/p>\n

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(http) is a system for transmitting and receiving information across the Internet.\u00a0Http\u00a0serves as a request and response procedure that all agents on the Internet follow so that information can be rapidly, easily, and accurately disseminated between servers, which hold information, and clients, who are trying to access it.\u00a0Http\u00a0is commonly used to access html\u00a0pages, but other … Continue reading HTTP vs HTTPs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}