What is HTTP, HTTPS, SSL & TLS HTTP is an application layer text-based connectionless protocol used for transferring data over the web. HTTPS is HTTP with encryption. In HTTP data transfer is done in clear text which leads to a security issue to overcome this HTTPS was developed which uses SSL/TLS protocol which encrypts the clear text into a scrambled encrypted form. HTTPS use one of the two (SSL or TLS) protocol to encrypt the data. You can check out my instagram profile for more post like this - https://www.instagram.com/ni2lkalita/