How HTTPS is different from HTTP?

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

The 'S' in HTTPS stands for 'secure'. HTTPS uses TLS to provide encryption of HTTP requests and responses, as well as providing verifaction by digitally signing requests and responses. As a result, HTTPS is far more secure than HTTP and is used by default for most modern websites.