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Topic: Why the need for the separate protocol HTTPS?

Anonymous 47ae211000a6a8.34833955 started this discussion 1 month (2008-05-22 10:34:50 UTC) ago:

Why redundantly have a whole separate protocol for just one feature (encryption) instead of building it into HTTP? I don't get it.

Anonymous 48318a12c30238.61332683 replied with this 1 month (2008-05-22 15:00:22 UTC) ago, 4 hours later (#19,096):

Then you don't understand computers, programming, and efficiency. What exactly do you not get.