SSL/TLS and HTTPS
SSL/TLS y HTTPS
- Date
- 1994-1995 · confidence high
- Place
- Netscape, Mountain View, California, United States
- Credited to
- Taher Elgamal and Kipp Hickman (Netscape)
- People
- 👤 Taher Elgamal1955–
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Protocol that encrypts the connection between browser and server and authenticates the site with certificates. It made it possible to enter credit card details on the web with confidence.
What it led to
- E-commerce and online banking
- Certificate infrastructure and certificate authorities
- Encryption by default across the whole web (Let's Encrypt, 2015)
Built on
Made possible
- E-commerce (Amazon, eBay)1994-1995
- online banking
- Let's Encrypt