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HTTP/2 Opens New Connections With the Word ‘PRISM’
Since whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the extent of the US National Security Agency’s mass surveillance program, the word Prism has taken on a sinister meaning. The NSA’s PRISM program collected the internet communications of its citizens via nine major internet companies, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo. Now, John Graham-Cumming,…
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Firefox 37 to Encrypt Non-HTTPS Traffic
Mozilla is making great strides towards making user experience as secure as possible, and with the release of Firefox 37 it brings HTTP encryption, without a need for HTTPS, the standard security layer for communications protocol encryption. The latest iteration of Firefox achieves this thanks to what is known as…
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HTTP/2, The First HTTP Update Since 1999, Is Complete
HTTP, the fundamental internet protocol used to transmit formatted data across the web, is getting its first update in 16 years. The new standard, HTTP/2, was completed on Wednesday, according to Mark Nottingham, Chair of IETF HTTP Working Group. After a series of editorial stages, HTTP/2 will be published as…
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