HTTPS at Google What is encryption? Encryption is the modern-day method of protecting electronic information, just as safes and combination locks protected information on paper in the past
HTTPS security can be split into 2 parts (Handshakes): 1. To validate the certificate of a website: 1) When you enter the URL www.Google.com, Google’s server gives its public key and certificate (which was signed by GeoTrust) to the Browser. 2) Now browser has to verify the authenticity of the certificate i.e. it’s actually signed from GeoTrust or not. As browsers come with a pre-installed ...