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tdebase/doc/tdeioslave/http/index.docbook

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<article lang="&language;" id="http">
<title>http / https</title>
<articleinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>&Lauri.Watts;</author>
<author>&Ferdinand.Gassauer;</author>
<author>&tde-authors;</author>
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</authorgroup>
<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo>
<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date>
<copyright>
<year>2010</year>
<holder>&Lauri.Watts;</holder>
<holder>&Ferdinand.Gassauer;</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
</copyright>
<abstract>
<para>
This handbook describes the http/https protocol.
</para>
</abstract>
<keywordset>
<keyword>TDE</keyword>
<keyword>http</keyword>
<keyword>https</keyword>
<keyword>protocol</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>
<para><acronym>http</acronym> is the
<emphasis>H</emphasis>yper<emphasis>T</emphasis>ext
<emphasis>T</emphasis>ransfer <emphasis>P</emphasis>rotocol.</para>
<para>The http tdeioslave is used by all &tde; applications to handle
connections to http servers, that is, web servers. The most common
usage is to view web pages in the &konqueror; web browser.</para>
<para>You can use the http tdeioslave in &konqueror; by giving it a
<acronym>URL</acronym>, such as
<userinput>http://<replaceable>www.trinitydesktop.org</replaceable></userinput>.</para>
<para>HTTPS is HTTP encapsulated in an SSL/TLS stream.</para>
<para>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.</para>
<para>TLS stands for Transport Layer Security</para>
<para>Read the man page: <ulink url="man:/http">http</ulink>.</para>
</article>