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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with SSL/TLS protocol to provide encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server

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How to install certificates for command line

So in school we need to install a certificate to access https sites. In firefox, I can import the certificate. However, I can't do so with the command line. For example, running git push I get: fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/user/repo':…
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How to use https with apt-get?

Does apt-get use https or any kind of encryption? Is there a way to configure it to use it?
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HTTP POST and GET using cURL in linux

I had server application in asp.net in windows in that i had a web service for that . how can i call web service in ubuntu using shell script by using cURL command
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What is the correct way to use git with gnome-keyring and http(s) repos?

Currently, whenever I git pull or git push to a http(s) repository, I get the following: $ git pull Username for 'https://gitrepos.reposdomain.com': me@mydomain.com Password for 'https://me@mydomain.com@gitrepos.reposdomain.com': This is ok for…
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Python HTTPS requests (urllib2) to some sites fail on Ubuntu 12.04 without proxy

I have an little app I wrote in Python and it used to work... until yesterday, when it suddenly started giving me an error in a HTTPS connection. I don't remember if there was an update, but both Python 2.7.3rc2 and Python 3.2 are failing just the…
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How do I install curl with http2 support

It seems like curl packed with ubuntu 16.04 does not have http2 support. How do I enable http2 in curl
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Updating http_proxy environment variable

I recently changed my password corresponding to my username for my proxy. Hence I updated the apt.conf and /etc/environment files with my new password. However when I type echo $http_proxy or env which prints all the environment variables, it…
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Are all Ubuntu update download servers HTTP only?

In Update Manager's software sources, the option exists to choose a download server and protocol like shown below. Do all updates download via HTTP only? And if HTTPS (or SFTP) aren't supported, why does the option exist? Related question here,…
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Can't connect to certain HTTPS sites

I've just moved to a new apartment and with internet connection via a router and I'm finding that I can't connect to quite a few sites that use SSL. For example trying to connect to PayPal: curl -v https://paypal.com * About to connect() to…
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Why doesn't archive.ubuntu.com use HTTPS?

I always see instructions for adding the Universe and Multiverse repositories that look something like the following: sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main universe restricted multiverse" Recently…
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How to disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 on Apache

I have enabled TLS 1.2 in my web server. But the http://ssllabs.com indicates that, I have enabled TLS 1.0 and 1.1 versions along with the TLS1.2 in my server. I modified my configurations files to disable 1.0 and 1.1 from my server. But it doesn't…
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gzip_http_version 1.1; in Nginx, when using HTTP/2

In an Nginx server block of a site aimed to work with HTTP/2, I've seen this: gzip_http_version 1.1; Can this make some conflict with some packets sent in HTTP/2? I don't understand this Gzip directive hence I can't say if HTTP/2 packets could be…
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How to correct Google Earth's "invalid HTTP request" notice?

I am running Ubuntu 12.04. As you might know Google Earth 7 doesn't work in Ubuntu 12.04 yet. I installed Google Earth via make-googleearth-package --force command. My installation was successful. At the beginning everything was working fine. But…
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Error while downloading HTTPS files using wget

If I try to download the some http files, Then wget works just fine (eg: wget download_link). But when i try to download https files using wget then I'm getting the following error http request sent 403 forbidden My problem is, I can't download…
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Is Ubuntu's archive signing key available via HTTPS somewhere?

I'm writing a program that needs to download GPG keys for various distributions to do unattended net installs. To do this securely and in an automated way, I need to download the key via HTTPS, which means "gpg --recv-keys" isn't an option. Other…
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