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Certificates and "authorities"

Certificates and "authorities"

Posted Sep 8, 2011 12:09 UTC (Thu) by sgros (subscriber, #36440)
In reply to: Certificates and "authorities" by gmaxwell
Parent article: Certificates and "authorities"

Your use of the term "HTTPS" confuses me! What you mean by "HTTPS"? For example, what do you mean by "HTTPS should provide"?

For me, HTTPS is a layered protocol (HTTP + SSL) in which SSL protects communication using provided certificate.


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