HTTP and HTTPS

[alice]

Can anyone tell me the details about these two terms?

[neiljackson]

the basic difference between the two is that if you want to transfer or share confidential information then we use HTTPS else we use HTTP.

[gladiolus]

http>>this means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular "unsecure"language.. and https>> that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on..

[gladiolus]

In other-words HTTPS was designed to be a secure transport technology for the HTTP protocol stack..

[MaxDaniel]

http works on port 80 and https work on port 443. https is more secure than http. Both protocol has same work.

[pawpoint]

Just think of the extra "S" standing for Secure

[Pauldano]

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol, which is just a fancy way of saying it's a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients.

You really don't need to know what it all stands for; the important thing is the letter S which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS. The S (big surprise) stands for "Secure". You probably didn't need me to tell you that, because you already knew it had something to do with security.

[christa joe]

HTTPS and HTTP both are the hyper-text transfer protocols used to transfer the text between client and server. While HTTP transfers the data in open form, HTTPS transfer the encrypted form of text over the wire, S is a suffix used to describe the secure nature of HTTPS protocol. Like the general, displaying text is transferred through HTTP, the more delicate information like used for financial transactions are transferred through HTTPS.
To transfer the content of any web-page to an iphone would be done with HTTP, on the contrary making use of some iPhone apps to transfer the funds over internet will make use of HTTPS as the information would contain the crucial credentials of the user.

[Mcyclon]

Thanks a lot friends as I am not aware of this. Now I am crystal clear.

[developers]

https is encrypted using SSL, meaning that your session cannot be observed by a third party.
http means hyper text transfer protocol and https means hyper text transfer protocol secure