Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a widely used communications protocol for _____, with especially wide deployment on _____. Technically, it is not a protocol in itself; rather, it is the result of _____, thus adding the security capabilities of _____ to _____.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a widely used communications protocol for secure communication over a computer network, with especially wide deployment on the Internet. Technically, it is not a protocol in itself; rather, it is the result of simply layering the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) on top of the Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) protocol, thus adding the security capabilities of SSL/TLS to standard HTTP communications.
