---
id: 1782
title: "Understanding HTTP and the Critical Shift to HTTPS"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/understanding-http-and-critical-shift-https"
published_at: "2024-03-28T01:58:20Z"
tags: ["web-security", "networking", "tls", "encryption", "https", "http"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1782"
lang: en
---

# Understanding HTTP and the Critical Shift to HTTPS

## Summary

A foundational explainer on how HTTP works over IP and TCP, why plaintext transmission endangers privacy and integrity, and why HTTPS encryption became essential for the web.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2024-03-28T01:58:20Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/understanding-http-and-critical-shift-https
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1782