Much like a street address, a URL uniquely identifies every Web page. The "http" portion of the URL, which stands for "hypertext transfer protocol," provides the base for communication between ...

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. Tech Firefox-maker Mozilla takes steps to make web surfing more secure. BY Robert Hackett. Tech Most Internet traffic will be encrypted by year end.

HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is essentially HTTP but encrypted: It’s the same underlying transfer protocol, but, now, the connection between your device and the site you’re ...

While HTTP used to be the standard protocol for most sites, a growing number now use the more secure version of this protocol, which uses encryption called HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure).

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure encrypts data sent between a user and a website and is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the HTTP bit at the start of a website address, ...

Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Tech Firefox-maker Mozilla takes steps to make web surfing more secure. BY Robert Hackett. Tech Most Internet traffic will be encrypted by year end. Here’s why.