Why do we need HTTPS? - How HTTPS works
This SSL certificate is valid and has been issued by a legitimate Certificate Authority. You are good to go. We'll be talking more about SSL certificates and Certificate Authorities soon, so stay tuned. Now that we know the why, the next step is to understand symmetric and asymmetric encryption. Big words, but easy concepts. From the folks at
Why do we need HTTPS? - How HTTPS works Why do we need HTTPS? We need HTTPS for 3 reasons. Privacy, integrity, and identification. Let's talk about privacy first. I'll use my friends as an example. I am sending a message to Browserbird. Oh no! The message is not encrypted! Crab is listening on the communication capturing the message. Potentially using it for evil. Privacy means that no one can eavesdrop on your messages. Bad crab. Bad. When you browse to a website without HTTPS, I could be eavesdropping on your password. The padlock on the URL bar of your browser tells you that there are no cr
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