11/01/2026
The early web needed a better envelope. ✉️
Origins of the Internet, Episode 9 begins our TLS chapters with unencrypted HTTP and Netscape’s SSL. TLS developed from SSL 3 into an IETF standard, introducing technical changes along the way. SSL, TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 are obsolete. The postcard analogy concerns traffic visible on an unencrypted network path. HTTPS protects a connection; it doesn’t certify website honesty, and browser icons vary.
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