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Communication protocols 2
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- 1What is the combination of letters (communication protocol) used to surf the internet?HTTP
- 2What is the combination of letters (communication protocol) used to send confidential information?HTTPS
- 3What is hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) a protocol of?the World Wide Web (WWW)
- 4What is the process for HTTP?When you type in a website address the client (your browser) uses HTTP to ask the web server to send the files needed to show the web page on your computer
- 5What is HYpertext Transfer Protocol over SSL (secure sockets layer) ( HTTPS) a protocol for?SEnding confidential information over the INternet web server
- 6What is the data transferred with HTTPS like?- Encrypted
- so that it cannot be read by anyone except the recipient - 7How can you see the digital certificate of a website ?- If you double-click the padlock icon or security icon
- 8What do digital certificate's certify?- They certify the identity of the website your browser is communicating with.
- 9How HTTPS works (4 steps)1 the broswer checks the site's certificate
2 The web server and browser determine the encryption types that they can both use to understand each other.
3 The browser and the web server send each other unique codes to use when encrypting the information being sent.
4 the browser and the web start talking to each other using the encryption
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- GCSE IT (Connectivity ) Flashcards on Communication protocols 2 , created by Annie Loizides on 03/01/2018.
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- Annie Loizides · Jan 2018
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- Jan 3, 2018
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