PC Magazine - Security Watch: New Ways to Force Browsers to be Safe

Aug 15, 2011
By Larry Seltzer

HTTPS is old (it was devised in 1994 by Netscape for Navigator), but it has always been seen as optional for most sites. That is changing, as the number of real-world abuses of users on the web increases. Using HTTPS makes safe browsing much easier. 2 developments in web technology make it easier to use HTTPS more often. One is a client-side technology, the other a new server-client standard.

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