kioworker6/http/index.docbook

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0008 <article lang="&language;" id="http">
0009 <title>http / https</title>
0010 <articleinfo>
0011 <authorgroup>
0012 <author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author>
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0016
0017 <para>&HTTP; is the
0018 <emphasis>H</emphasis>yper<emphasis>T</emphasis>ext
0019 <emphasis>T</emphasis>ransfer <emphasis>P</emphasis>rotocol.</para>
0020
0021 <para>The http KIO worker is used by all &kde; applications to handle
0022 connections to &HTTP; servers, that is, web servers.  The most common
0023 usage is to view web pages in the &konqueror; web browser.</para>
0024
0025 <para>You can use the https KIO worker in &konqueror; by giving it a &URL;.
0026 <userinput>https://<replaceable>www.kde.org</replaceable></userinput>.</para>
0027
0028 <para>https is http encapsulated in a SSL/TLS stream.</para>
0029 <para>
0030 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.
0031 </para>
0032 <para>TLS stands for Transport Layer Security.</para>
0033
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