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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY Ferdinand.Gassauer '<personname><firstname>Ferdinand</firstname><surname>Gassauer</surname></personname>'>
+ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
+ <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
+]>
+
+<article lang="&language;" id="http">
+<title>http / https</title>
+<articleinfo>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author>
+<author>&Ferdinand.Gassauer; &Ferdinand.Gassauer.mail;</author>
+<author>&tde-authors;</author>
+<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
+</authorgroup>
+</articleinfo>
+
+<para><acronym>http</acronym> is the
+<emphasis>H</emphasis>yper<emphasis>T</emphasis>ext
+<emphasis>T</emphasis>ransfer <emphasis>P</emphasis>rotocol.</para>
+
+<para>The http tdeioslave is used by all &tde; applications to handle
+connections to http servers, that is, web servers. The most common
+usage is to view web pages in the &konqueror; web browser.</para>
+
+<para>You can use the http tdeioslave in &konqueror; by giving it a
+<acronym>URL</acronym>, such as <userinput>http://<replaceable>www.trinitydesktop.org</replaceable></userinput>.</para>
+
+<para> HTTPS is HTTP encapsulated in an SSL/TLS stream.</para>
+<para>SSL is the Secure Sockets Layer protocol, a security protocol that
+provides communications privacy over the Internet. The protocol allows client/server
+applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering,
+or message forgery.</para>
+<para>TLS stands for Transport Layer Security</para>
+
+<para>Read the man page: <ulink url="man:/http">http</ulink>.</para>
+
+</article>