IDENTIFiCATION OF SECURE WEBSITES

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Are you on the way to provide your personal and finincial sensitive information over the internet ??Please check some conditions so that you can securely transect your information and funds to the desired location.You must know the difference between 'http' and 'https'in web addresses to ensure that you only provide sensitive personal and financial information on secure websites.

What is the difference between http and https.

HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transport Protocol,and The S stands for "Secure".If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with the following: http://. This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular 'unsecured' language. In other words, it is possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site. This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an http website! But if the web address begins with https://, that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on. You understand why this is so important, right?

If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://. If it doesn't, there's no way you're going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) is a system that allows the transmitting and receiving of information across the Internet. Http allows information, such as the text you are reading right now, to be accessed from the server by your web browser. While http allows for the quick and easy transmission of information it is not secure and it is possible for a third party to "listen in" to the "conversation" between servers and clients.







For many purposes, such as a website article that is open and available to everyone, this lack of security is of no importance. However, if a website is one that needs to collect private information such as credit card numbers, then a more secure protocol is an important prerequisite.

if you are required to provide sensitive personal or financial information on a web page, always ensure that the web address starts with https not just http. Knowing the difference between http and https can certainly help web users keep their information secure. For example, if a webpage, such as an Internet banking login page, that should be secure, uses http rather than https in its address, it may well be a "look-a-like" phishing site designed to steal financial information. A genuine financial institution website would NEVER use the unsecure http protocol on any pages that requires customers to provide personal or financial information.

Sometimes, even if a site address does display https, it might still be a bogus phishing web page. Internet criminals can use clever spoofing techniques to make a fake web page appear to be using the https protocol. Thus, other methods of avoiding phishing scams should also be used.
Note: Most modern browsers also display a "lock" icon in the status bar or, possibly, in the address field, when a secure https website is being accessed. Generally, you can click on the lock icon to display more information about the secure website.

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