CBSE Class 12 Computer Science Question 97 of 186

Computer Networks - II — Question 17

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Question 17

HTTPS is different than HTTP that it:

  1. sends and receives messages in compressed form
  2. sends and receives messages in encrypted form
  3. sends and receives messages in decrypted form
  4. sends and receives messages in numeric form
Answer

sends and receives messages in encrypted form

Reason — HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is a secure version of the HTTP protocol that uses the SSL/TLS protocol for encryption and authentication. HTTPS sends and receives the data in encrypted form to make the transmission secure.