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At this point, just say HTTPS, and refer to TLS if you're speaking about the protocol itself.
by riffic 6y ago
At this point, just say HTTPS, and refer to TLS if you're speaking about the protocol itself.
- spurgu 6y agoYeah this is what I've been leaning towards as well. People (both technical and non-technical) understand it. If you say TLS people either know what you mean, they think you're being a smartass of they have no idea what you're talking about. With https everyone knows.
- spacemanmatt 6y agoMust be nice to have such an informed audience. I have to call it "the lock icon" with my team. They don't really get security, but they do get client perceptions of security.
- moviuro 6y agoTLS can be used on other protocols than HTTP (think SMTPs, IMAPs, OpenVPN, etc.)
- orra 6y agoUrgh! With SMTP it is even worse, because people talk about “SSL” vs “TLS” in the config dialogs. But they don't actually mean SSL vs TLS. They mean a TLS connection (like HTTPS uses) vs StartTLS (where you start out SMTP plaintext then negotiate TLS as an extension.
- riffic 6y agoI'm aware of that and that's why I said in that case, say "TLS" when you're referring to the protocol itself.