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Mechanics: HTTP vs HTTPS vs H2

Explore the evolution of HTTP including the secure extension HTTPS and the performance-focused HTTP2. Understand how HTTPS uses encryption and certificate authorities to ensure secure communication between clients and servers, and how HTTP2 improves speed with features like multiplexing and header compression.

The evolution of HTTP

HTTP has seen two considerable semantic changes: HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1.

“Where are HTTPS and HTTP2,” you ask?

HTTPS and HTTP2 (abbr. H2) are technical changes, as they introduced new ways to deliver messages over the internet without heavily affecting ...