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Bahri Gökcan
Bahri Gökcan

Reputation: 1010

Android Https connection.

I am trying to establish a https connection in android. I made both http and https connection to https://encrypted.google.com, but both connections gave the same response. I could not understand the reason. How can I test my https connection codes work correctly?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 418

Answers (1)

Nikolay Elenkov
Nikolay Elenkov

Reputation: 52956

Getting the same response is the point. You would be in trouble if you didn't :) HTTPS encrypts the underlying communications channel, but you are still dealing with HTTP on top of that. If each application needed to be re-written to use HTTPS, it wouldn't be very useful.

As for testing, you can use a package capture tool (tcpdump, Wireshark) and see the difference yourself. When using HTTP, you will be able to see all data that is being sent or received in plain text; it will be encrypted if using HTTPS.

Upvotes: 1

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