HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and HTTPS stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol secure
There are more Internet scams than ever, So be careful about entering your credit card number on any websites or be aware of doing any online transactions, My suggestion to you is whenever you visit a website or webpage, look at the address bar in the web address, it will likely begin with the following “http://” or “https://”. If there is HTTP then it means the website is talking to your browser is using the regular unsecure language, But if the address begins with “https://” this means the website is talking to your browser in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on the conversation between your computer and the webpage.
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer) is a protocol that is encrypted by Netscape and built-in Web browser, and decrypts user and the pages that are returned by the web server, developed. HTTPS is actually the use of Netscape Socket Layer (SSL) as a sub-layer under its regular HTTP request layer. (HTTPS uses port 443 instead of HTTP port 80 on their interactions with the lower layer, TCP / IP). SSL uses a key size of 40-bit RC4 stream algorithm, the new era of 128 bits is the size of the major browsers more secure than the previous one, and is an appropriate level of encryption for commercial exchange. HTTPS usually in the login-page, shopping / commercial area and mostly only corporate giants uses it.
| HTTP | HTTPS |
| HTTP or Hyper Text Transfer Protocol | HTTPS stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure |
| For Communications it uses Port 80 | For Communications it uses Port 443 |
| Its Unsecured | Secured |
| Uses Application layer in OSI Model | Uses Transport Layer in OSI Model |
| There is no Certificates | There is Certificates |
| URL starts with “http://” | URL starts with “https://” |
| Costs less for setup | Costs More for setup |
| dangerous for money transaction, coz there is no security | More security, and it safer to enter your credit card numbers |
| For normal use | For Corporate use |
| It’s fast | It’s Slow |