HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer) is a secured communication protocol between web browser and web server. You can say it is secured HTTP (think of ‘S’ in HTTPS as secured) protocol. It encrypts any communication that a user sends to a web server and decrypts at server side. Similarly, it encrypts any communication that a web server sends to a web browser and decrypts at browser side. That way HTTPS protocol provides a secured sub layer under HTTP.
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