Computer Science / Unit 10 CS 0543 short lesson, about 20 seconds
HTTPS
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The idea
An encryption layer added to the web's transfer protocol produced HTTPS — protecting the sharing of sensitive information over the Web from eavesdropping attacks.
In practice
A banking login rides the same request-and-response as anything else, wrapped so listeners hear nothing.
Where people slip
The lock protects the trip, not the destination.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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