what is the use of https?

Question

I am a beginner in HTTPS technology :(. I have some doubt regarding the HTTPS implementation.

suppose I have a registration form

http://www.sitename         


        

Answer 1

If your site is run on apache, you'll need to setup ssl and then make sure you're vhost is setup to listen on 443 as well. Then any page in the vhost can be called with either protocol.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/ssl/ssl_howto.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure