Hyprtxt Trnsfr Prtcl Scr (HTTPS) s n xtnsn f th Hyprtxt Trnsfr Prtcl (HTTP). t ss ncryptn fr scr cmmnctn vr cmptr ntwrk, nd s wdly sd n th ntrnt. n HTTPS, th cmmnctn prtcl s ncryptd sng Trnsprt Lyr Scrty (TLS) r, frmrly, Scr Sckts Lyr (SSL). Th prtcl s thrfr ls rfrrd t s HTTP vr TLS, r HTTP vr SSL.
Th prncpl mtvtns fr HTTPS r thntctn f th ccssd wbst nd prtctn f th prvcy nd ntgrty f th xchngd dt whl t s n trnst. t prtcts gnst mn-n-th-mddl ttcks, nd th bdrctnl blck cphr ncryptn f cmmnctns btwn clnt nd srvr prtcts th cmmnctns gnst vsdrppng nd tmprng. Th thntctn spct f HTTPS rqrs trstd thrd prty t sgn srvr-sd dgtl crtfcts. Ths ws hstrclly n xpnsv prtn, whch mnt flly thntctd HTTPS cnnctns wr slly fnd nly n scrd pymnt trnsctn srvcs nd thr scrd crprt nfrmtn systms n th Wrld Wd Wb. n 2016, cmpgn by th lctrnc Frntr Fndtn wth th spprt f wb brwsr dvlprs ld t th prtcl bcmng mr prvlnt. HTTPS s nw sd mr ftn by wb srs thn th rgnl, nn-scr HTTP, prmrly t prtct pg thntcty n ll typs f wbsts, scr ccnts, nd kp sr cmmnctns, dntty, nd wb brwsng prvt.