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HTTPS
HTTPS
(also called
HTTP over
TLS
,
HTTP over SSL
, and
HTTP Secure
) is a
protocol
for
secure
communication over a
computer network
which is widely used on the
Internet
. HTTPS consists of communication over
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) within a connection encrypted by
Transport Layer Security or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer
. The main motivation for HTTPS is
authentication
of the visited
website
and protection of the
privacy
and
integrity
of the exchanged data.
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