Re: encryption over the web

[exon <exon () home se>]

Lucas Holt wrote:
> On Jun 16, 2004, at 7:29 AM, Fan Zhang wrote:
>
> > Is https GNU ware or is it commercial software?

HTTPS is a protocol. It's non-proprietary and can't really be 
copyrighted or patented, so GNU has nothing to do with it, but it still 
doesn't cost anything to implement.

> > fan
>
> There is a library called OpenSSL that you can use to do HTTPS sessions 
> with web servers or clients.  I think SSL uses an RSA algorithm.

/exon