Difference and performance between HTTP and HTTPS
Lot of people end up getting confused when they see two different URL’s one as HTTP and other as HTTPS. So what is the difference between these two? In this post I will discuss the evolution of HTTP and the difference between HTTP and HTTPS in simple term so that it makes sense quite easily. What is HTTP It is always necessary to know something about basics before going to the advanced topics. HTTP stands for H yper T ext T ransfer P rotocol. It is the system for transmitting and receiving information across server and the client. The Server is the machine where your website code is placed and client is nothing but your browser. HTTP manages the mutual understanding between server and the client to exchange information or data successfully. The first HTTP had only one method called as GET, which would request a page from server and the response was a HTML page. The latest version of HTTP defines nine request methods. If you visit any website you may see th...