Re: HTTPS and URL encoding
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Date: 05/27/04
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 22:57:54 GMT
So the short answer is:
- Yes your ISP will know the destination IP/Hostname
- No your ISP will not see/know about the URL itself
"Thor Kottelin" <thor@anta.net> wrote in message
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> Billy Kimber wrote:
>>
>> I use HTTPS to connect to a server. But some private information appears
>> in the URL. Can my ISP see the URL I request or is the URL encrypted as
>> well as the content of the page?
>> And if the URL is encrypted, how can my request find the server???
>
> The IP address cannot be encrypted, as it is needed in order for the TCP
> connection to succeed in the first place. HTTP requests, OTOH, occur after
> the connection has been secured.
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> Thor
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