COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Ensures that communication between a host and a client are secured by encrypting communications.
|
|
FTP
|
|
|
HTTPS
|
|
|
USD
|
|
|
URL
|
|
|
HTTP
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -SSL is a security protocol that secures communication between entities (typically, clients and servers) over a network.
Detailed explanation-2: -When properly configured, an HTTPS connection guarantees three things: Confidentiality. The visitor’s connection is encrypted, obscuring URLs, cookies, and other sensitive metadata. Authenticity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Your web browser creates a session key, encrypts it with the server’s public key and sends the encrypted key to the server. The server uses its private key to decrypt the session key. The client and server use the session key to encrypt all further communications.
There is 1 question to complete.