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Feb 25, 2009, 4:58:51 PM2/25/09

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Date: Feb 25, 2009 9:33 AM
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Sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 7:00 pm
Subject: Fwd: Re: FW: did you know this

This is interesting information to know.

Some of my fellow IT professionals may have already been aware of this…but in the times of fraud and identity theft you can never be too careful.

DID YOU KNOW THIS????
Differences Between http and https

THIS IS IMPORTANT..............................

What is the difference between http and https?

FIRST MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF
The main difference between http:// and https:// is It's all about keeping you secure.

HTTP stands for Hypertext Transport Protocol, which is just a fancy way of saying it's a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for data to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients. The important thing is the letter 'S' which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS.

The S (big surprise) stands for "Secure.." If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with the following: http://.

This means that the website is talking to your browser
using the regular 'unsecured' language. In other words, it is possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site. This is why you never-ever-enter your credit card number in an http website!

But if the web address begins with https://, that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on.

You understand why this is so important, right? If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://. If it doesn't, there's no way you're going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number. RIGHT?

PASS IT ON (You may save someone a lot of grief)