The HTTPS-Only Standard - Introduction to HTTPS
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What does HTTPS do? When properly configured, an HTTPS connection guarantees three things: Confidentiality. The visitor’s connection is encrypted, obscuring URLs, cookies, and other sensitive metadata. Authenticity. The visitor is talking to the “real” website, and not to an impersonator or through a person-in-the-middle. Integrity.
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