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HTTP Over SSL

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is an open, nonproprietary protocol that Netscape has proposed as a standard to the World Wide Consortium (W3C). HTTP can run on top of TLS or SSL for secured transactions, which is called HTTPS. HTTPS is not to be confused with S-HTTP, a security-enhanced version of HTTP developed and proposed as a standard by IETF.

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HTTP Over SSL