COMPUTER NETWORKING

INTRODUCTION

PROTOCOL LAYERING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does S mean in HTTPS?
A
Safe
B
Secure
C
Soft
D
Stanford
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https) is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.

Detailed explanation-2: -A non-secure website has a URL beginning with “http”. But a secure website begins with “https”-where the “s” stands for “secure”. It used to be you only needed a secure website if you were doing e-commerce with an online shopping cart and customers entered their credit card info on your site.

Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as HTTPS, this is an extension of Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) that provides security services for transaction confidentiality, authenticity and integrity between HTTP servers and clients.

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