Much of the web has switched to secure links—that is, when you type in a site like pcworld.com, it serves its pages over an ...

When it comes to optimizing your website for search engines, every detail matters — including the HTTP headers. But what exactly are HTTP headers, and why should you care? HTTP headers allow the ...

Now, Google Chrome is gearing up to take the next step: warning people when they try to visit non-secure websites. Google ...

The 1.0 version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, issued way back in 1996, only defined three HTTP verbs: GET, POST and HEAD. The most commonly used HTTP method is GET. The purpose of the GET method ...

Google announced today that the Chrome web browser will ask for permission by default before connecting to public, insecure HTTP websites, beginning with Chrome 154 i026.

Google first announced the secure connections option for Chrome in 2021, which users could opt into to see a warning before ...

The evolution of the web never stands still. As new technologies are developed, consumer behaviors change and the core infrastructure that underpins the internet is forced to adapt. The HTTP protocol ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue breaking HTTP/2 localhost (127.0.0.1) connections and IIS websites after installing recent Windows security updates.