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What Are the Differences Between HTTP and HTTPS?
December 10, 2020
Guest Blogger: Anastasios Arampatzis
Venafi is a strong proponent of and is always encouraging people to move to HTTPS for several reasons such as performance benefits, security, and even SEO advantages. While we constantly use the acronyms HTTP and HTTPS, it is equally important to understand the basics of how they work and what their differences are.
In a Nutshell
HTTPS is HTTP with encryption. The difference between the two protocols is that HTTPS uses TLS (SSL) to encrypt normal HTTP requests and responses. As a result, HTTPS is far more secure than HTTP. A website that uses HTTP has HTTP in its URL, while a website that uses HTTPS has HTTPS.
Figure 1: HTTP vs HTTPS. Image source: Cloudflare
What is HTTP?
HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, and it is a protocol—or a prescribed order and syntax for presenting information—used for transferring data over a network. Most information that is sent over the Internet, including website content and API calls, uses the HTTP protocol.
There are two main kinds of HTTP messages: requests and responses. HTTP requests are generated by a user’s browser as the user interacts with web properties. For example, if a user clicks on a hyperlink, the browser will send a series of “HTTP GET” requests for the content that appears on that page. These HTTP requests go to either an origin server or a proxy caching server, and that server will generate an HTTP response. HTTP responses are answers to HTTP requests.
HTTP requests and responses are sent across the Internet in plaintext. The problem is that anyone monitoring the connection can read these plaintexts. This is especially an issue when users submit sensitive data via a website or a web application. This could be a password, a credit card number, or any other data typed into a form. Essentially, a malicious actor can just read the text in the request or the response and know exactly what information someone is asking for, sending, or receiving, and even manipulate the communication.
The answer to above security problem is HTTPS.
What is HTTPS?
HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (also referred to as HTTP over TLS or HTTP over SSL). HTTPS uses TLS (or SSL) to encrypt HTTP requests and responses, so instead of the plaintext, an attacker would see a series of seemingly random characters.
TLS uses a technology called public key encryption: there are two keys, a public key and a private key. The public key is shared with client devices via the server’s SSL certificate. The certificates are cryptographically signed by a Certificate Authority (CA), and each browser has a list of CAs it implicitly trusts. Any certificate signed by a CA in the trusted list is given a green padlock lock in the browser’s address bar, because it is proven to be “trusted” and belongs to that domain. Companies like Let’s Encrypt have now made the process of issuing SSL/TLS certificates free.
When a client opens a connection with a server, each machine needs a verified identity. So, the two devices use the public and private key to agree on new keys, called session keys, to encrypt further communications between them. All HTTP requests and responses are then encrypted with these session keys, so that anyone who intercepts communications can only see a random string of characters, not the plaintext.
In addition to encrypting communication, HTTPS is used for authenticating the two communicating parties. Authentication means verifying that a person or machine is who they claim to be. In HTTP, there is no verification of identity—it is based on a principle of trust. But on the modern Internet, authentication is essential.
Just like an ID card confirms a person’s identity, a private key confirms server identity. When a client opens a channel with an origin server (e. g. when a user navigates to a website), possession of the private key that matches with the public key in a website’s SSL certificate proves that the server is actually the legitimate host of the website. This prevents or helps block a number of attacks that are possible when there is no authentication, such as Man-in-the-middle attacks, DNS hijacking, and domain spoofing.
Differences between HTTP and HTTPS
Based on the above presentation of HTTP and HTTPS, the following table presents the main differences between those two protocols.
Table 1: Differences between HTTP and HTTPS
Conclusion
HTTPS comes with many advantages, both performance and, most important, security wise. All browsers are strongly encouraging users to trust only websites implementing HTTPS because this is the single measure that can help them mitigate a variety of threats and attacks.
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Anastasios Arampatzis is a retired Hellenic Air Force officer with over 20 years of experience in evaluating cybersecurity and managing IT projects. He works as an informatics instructor at AKMI Educational Institute, while his interests include exploring the human side of cybersecurity.
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What is the Difference Between HTTP and HTTPS? – KeyCDN
By Brian JacksonUpdated on September 21, 2016
The team here at KeyCDN is always encouraging people to make the move to HTTPS for a number of reasons such as performance benefits, additional security, and even SEO advantages. We are constantly throwing around the HTTP and HTTPS acronyms and sometimes its important to understand the basics of how they work and some history behind them. So today we thought we would explore more in-depth the difference between HTTP and HTTPS, what they mean, and why it might be time for you to make the move to is HTTP? HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. When you enter in your address bar in front of the domain, it tells the browser to connect over HTTP. HTTP uses TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), generally over port 80, to send and receive data packets over the web. To put it simply it is a protocol that’s used by a client and server which allows you to communicate with other websites. The client sends a request message to an HTTP server (after the TCP handshake) which hosts a website, the server then replies with the response message. The response message contains completion status information, such as HTTP/1. 1 200 has had enhancements over the years but for the most part is very much the same as it was when it first defined in 1974, RFC 675. HTTP also uses UDP (User Datagram Protocol), designed by David Reed in 1980, defined in RFC 768. It is less reliable but widely used in video conferencing, video games, and streaming. It allows individual packets to be dropped and received in a different order for better term hypertext originally came from Ted Nelson in 1965. The original HTTP was developed and originally proposed by Tim Berners-Lee, the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The W3C’s mission is to lead the web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the was a time when people felt the internet was another world, but now people realize it’s a tool that we use in this world. – Tim Berners-LeeThe first documentation of HTTP was published in 1991 as HTTP/0. 9 which only consisted of one HTTP request method, GET (requests data from a specified resource). In 1996 HTTP 1. 0, RFC 1945, was developed and this consisted of three HTTP request methods, GET, HEAD, and POST (submits data to be processed to a specified resource). Finally in 1997, the HTTP/1. 1 protocol, RFC 2068, was developed as a revision of HTTP 1. 0 and after 19 years it is still used today for all HTTP the years there are have been some slight revisions to HTTP/1. 1. In 1999, RFC 2616 introduced five new methods, OPTIONS, PUT, TRACE, CONNECT, and DELETE. And then in March 2010, RFC 5789 introduced the PATCH method. As of today the current version defines nine different request HTTP/0. 9 and 1. 0 the connection was closed after a single request. In HTTP/1. 1 persisted connections (more than one request/response on the same HTTP connection) were introduced, which dramatically reduced latency. Other improvements such as caching, better compression support, and Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) were also there is a problem with an HTTP request there is a list of status codes which inform your browser so that you can better troubleshoot what the problem might be. The way the user-agent handles the response depends upon the code and the response header fields. For example, a 404 Not Found error means the the content either does not exist or has been moved. Or another common example is a 502 Bad Gateway error which could mean that the domain name is not resolving to the correct IP or it does not resolve to any is HTTPS? HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (also referred to as HTTP over TLS or HTTP over SSL). When you enter in your address bar in front of the domain, it tells the browser to connect over HTTPS. Generally sites running over HTTPS will have a redirect in place so even if you type in it will redirect to deliver over a secured connection. HTTPS also uses TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) to send and receive data packets, but it does so over port 443, within a connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security (TLS) of April 2016, 41. 7% of the Internet’s 141, 160 most popular websites have a secure implementation of HTTPS. – SSL PulseRemember Nestcape? Well HTTPS was actually created by Netscape Communications back in 1994 to use in its Netscape Navigator web browser. HTTPS originally used the SSL protocol which eventually evolved into TLS, the current version defined in RFC 2818 in May 2000. That is why you might hear the terms SSl and TLS thrown around quite transmits its data security using an encrypted connection. Basically it uses a public key which is then decrypted on the recipient side. The public key is deployed on the server, and included in what you know as an SSL certificate. The certificates are cryptographically signed by a Certificate Authority (CA), and each browser has a list of CAs it implicitly trusts. Any certificate signed by a CA in the trusted list is given a green padlock lock in the browser’s address bar, because it’s proven to be “trusted” and belongs to that domain. Companies like Let’s Encrypt have now made the process of issuing SSL certificates wrote a post a while back on why you should be establishing SSL trust for your business. According to a GlobalSign survey, 84% of shoppers abandon a purchase if data was sent over an unsecured connection and 28. 9% look for the green address bar. Never enter your credit card details on websites that run over HTTP. The main purpose of using HTTPS is for security and privacy reasons. When the data is encrypted this means nothing is passing in plain text. A lot of people might question whether they need to bother with HTTPS on smaller sites, like a blog, but remember even your login page should be encrypted. SPDYSPDY (pronounced SPeeDY) is a network protocol that was designed by Google with the aim to make the web faster. It was originally announced back in 2009. SPDY requires the use of SSL/TLS (with TLS extension ALPN) for security but it also supports operation over plain three main benefits were:Allows client and server to compress request and response headers, which reduces bandwidth usage when the similar headers (e. g. X-Cache) are sent over and over again for multiple multiple requests over a single connection and therefore saving on round trips between client and server. Further, preventing low priority assets from delaying higher priority requests. Enables the server to proactively push assets to the client that it knows the client will require (e. CSS and images) without waiting for the client to request out the difference between HTTP/1. 1 and SPDY 3. However, on February 11, 2016, Google announced that Chrome will no longer support SPDY in favor of HTTP/ is the protocol update to HTTP/1. 1 and is based on SPDY. It was developed by the IETF’s HTTP Working Group, published in May 2015 and defined in RFC 7540. Because of browser support for HTTP/2, HTTPS is currently required to take advantage of it. Read about the difference between SPDY3. 1 and HTTP/ of April 2016 7. 3% of the top 10 million websites support HTTP/2. – W3TechsHere are some of the benefits of HTTP/2:HTTP/2 is binary, instead of is fully multiplexed, instead of ordered and increase reduces additional round trip times (RTT), making your website load faster without any can use one connection for uses HPACK compression with Huffman encoding to reduce allows servers to “push” responses proactively into client caches instead of waiting for a new request for each new ALPN extension allows faster-encrypted connections since the application protocol is determined during the initial sharding and asset concatenation is no longer needed with HTTP/dresses the head of line blocking problem in HTTP/1. and more bigger brands and sites are now making the move to HTTP/2, such as Wikipedia this week. You can use KeyCDN’s HTTP/2 test tool to check if your current server or CDN provider support HTTP/ of this morning, supports HTTP/2. Tested by #2 #webperf- Wikipedia (@Wikipedia) May 4, 2016KeyCDN has supported HTTP/2 across all of its edge servers for customers since October is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS? Below are some of the main differences between the HTTP and HTTPS protocols, in no particular URL in your browser’s address bar is and the HTTPS URL is is unsecured while HTTPS is sends data over port 80 while HTTPS uses port operates at application layer, while HTTPS operates at transport SSL certificates are required for HTTP, with HTTPS it is required that you have an SSL certificate and it is signed by a doesn’t require domain validation, where as HTTPS requires at least domain validation and certain certificates even require legal document encryption in HTTP, with HTTPS the data is encrypted before mmaryWe highly encourage you to think about switching over to HTTPS. The TLS negotiation and CPU overhead are now very negligible and in a lot of tests we have seen performance improvements when people make the switch from HTTP to HTTPS, as long as they are running over HTTP/2. Make sure to also check out our HTTP to HTTPS migration guide. And don’t forget, you can deploy KeyCDN assets over HTTPS, even if you haven’t had time to migrate your origin server yet.
A milestone for Chrome security: marking HTTP as “not secure”
Security has been one of Chrome’s core principles since the beginning—we’re constantly working to keep you safe as you browse the web. Nearly two years ago, we announced that Chrome would eventually mark all sites that are not encrypted with HTTPS as “not secure”. This makes it easier to know whether your personal information is safe as it travels across the web, whether you’re checking your bank account or buying concert tickets. Starting today, we’re rolling out these changes to all Chrome users.
Starting in the latest version of Chrome (68), you’ll see a new “not secure” notification when visiting HTTP pages.
More encrypted connections, more securityWhen you load a website over plain HTTP, your connection to the site is not encrypted. This means anyone on the network can look at any information going back and forth, or even modify the contents of the site before it gets to you. With HTTPS, your connection to the site is encrypted, so eavesdroppers are locked out, and information (like passwords or credit card info) will be private when sent to the ’s “not secure” warning helps you understand when the connection to the site you’re on isn’t secure and, at the same time, motivates the site’s owner to improve the security of their site. Since our announcement nearly two years ago, HTTPS usage has made incredible progress. We’ve found in our Transparency Report that:76 percent of Chrome traffic on Android is now protected, up from 42 percent85 percent of Chrome traffic on ChromeOS is now protected, up from 67 percent83 of the top 100 sites on the web use HTTPS by default, up from 37We knew that rolling out the warning to all HTTP pages would take some time, so we started by only marking pages without encryption that collect passwords and credit card info. Then we began showing the “not secure” warning in two additional situations: when people enter data on an HTTP page, and on all HTTP pages visited in Incognito mode. Eventually, our goal is to make it so that the only markings you see in Chrome are when a site is not secure, and the default unmarked state is secure. We will roll this out over time, starting by removing the “Secure” wording in September 2018. And in October 2018, we’ll start showing a red “not secure” warning when users enter data on HTTP pages.
In October’s version of Chrome (70), you’ll see a red “not secure” notifications when you enter data on an HTTP page.
Making encryption easyIf you’re a site owner looking to migrate (or build! ) your site on HTTPS, we’ve helped make the process as simple and inexpensive as possible. Improvements include managed HTTPS for Google App Engine, required and automatic HTTPS on all domains, and free and automated certificates through Let’s Encrypt (Chrome is a Platinum sponsor). And if you’re in the process of migrating to HTTPS, look out for messages coming from Search Console with further information and when you’re shopping for concert tickets or online banking, rest assured: you’ll be warned if a site is not protecting your data with HTTPS. And we’ll continue to improve Chrome’s security, to make sure you’re using the most secure browser out there.
Frequently Asked Questions about what’s the difference between http and https
What is the difference between HTTP & HTTPS?
HTTP is unsecured while HTTPS is secured. … HTTP sends data over port 80 while HTTPS uses port 443. HTTP operates at application layer, while HTTPS operates at transport layer.Sep 21, 2016
Are HTTP sites safe?
When you load a website over plain HTTP, your connection to the site is not encrypted. This means anyone on the network can look at any information going back and forth, or even modify the contents of the site before it gets to you.Jul 24, 2018
Why is HTTPS used instead of HTTP?
So, to recap, the difference between HTTP vs HTTPS is simply the presence of an SSL certificate. HTTP doesn’t have SSL and HTTPS has SSL, which encrypts your information so your connections are secured. HTTPS also has TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol that HTTP lacks. HTTPS is more secure than HTTP.Nov 21, 2019
