<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;" id="http"> <title>http / https</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> </articleinfo> <para><acronym>http</acronym> is the <emphasis>H</emphasis>yper<emphasis>T</emphasis>ext <emphasis>T</emphasis>ransfer <emphasis>P</emphasis>rotocol.</para> <para>The http kioslave is used by all &kde; applications to handle connections to http servers, that is, web servers. The most common usage is to view web pages in the &konqueror; web browser.</para> <para>You can use the http kioslave in &konqueror; by giving it a <acronym>URL</acronym>. <userinput>http://<replaceable>www.kde.org</replaceable></userinput>.</para> <para>https is http encapsulated in a SSL/TLS stream.</para> <para> SSL is the Secure Sockets Layer protocol, a security protocol that provides communications privacy over the Internet. The protocol allows client/server applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery. </para> <para>TLS stands for Transport Layer Security.</para> </article>