Mastering HTTPS: Theory and Practice

Mastering HTTPS: Theory and Practice

1. Basic Concepts HTTP: is the most widely used network protocol on the Internet, serving as a standard for requests and responses between clients and servers. It is a protocol used to transfer hypertext from WWW servers to local browsers, making browsing more efficient and reducing network transmission. HTTPS: is a secure version of HTTP, … Read more

Notes on Understanding HTTP

Notes on Understanding HTTP

Notes on Understanding HTTP ❝ This is the 285th article in the series on growth by Guoxing. ❞ (1) Reading Understanding HTTP The duration is three weeks from July 11 to July 31. 1. Why Learn HTTP? The front end (client) displays pages and interactions; The back end (server, logic code, data) completes function writing … Read more

Understanding HTTPS and SSL/TLS Protocols

Understanding HTTPS and SSL/TLS Protocols

To clearly explain the implementation principles of the HTTPS protocol, we need to understand at least the following background knowledge. 1. A rough understanding of several basic terms (HTTPS, SSL, TLS) 2. A rough understanding of the relationship between HTTP and TCP (especially “short connection” vs. “long connection”) 3. A rough understanding of the concept … Read more

How to Identify Website Security Using HTTP and HTTPS

How to Identify Website Security Using HTTP and HTTPS

By carefully observing, you will find that some websites start with http, while others start with https. Why is there such a difference? What are the distinctions between the two? The internet police will explain: HTTP, also known as Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is a protocol we use daily for browsing the web. It is a … Read more

Understanding the Difference Between HTTP and HTTPS

Understanding the Difference Between HTTP and HTTPS

Every time you open a webpage, many URLs start with “http”, for example: “http://www.snooker.org/”, “http://www.juxingzaixian.com/pc/” However, sometimes when you access high-security websites such as banks, the prefix changes to “https”, for example: https://apply.mcard.boc.cn/apply/pc/index What do these two prefixes mean? What is their purpose? Many users may not be aware of this. Let me explain it … Read more

Web Security: Understanding the HTTP Protocol

Web Security: Understanding the HTTP Protocol

The Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the core communication protocol used to access the World Wide Web and is the protocol used by all web applications today. Although HTTP is widely used in web applications, its insecurity during transmission has led to its gradual replacement by the HTTPS protocol. Initially, HTTP was a simple … Read more