HTTP vs HTTPS

Part of the Full Stack Developer Roadmap.

Summary

HTTP is the protocol clients and servers use to exchange requests and responses; HTTPS is the same protocol encrypted with TLS/SSL so data can't be intercepted in transit.

How to Learn This

1Inspect a site's HTTPS certificate in your browser's address bar.
2Learn what the TLS handshake does at a high level.
3Understand why HTTPS is now a hard requirement for any production app.

Internet

DNS

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