https - hopefully not too stupid a question
Roland Perry
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Sun Jun 17 15:31:12 BST 2012
In article <4FDDE873.8020906 at zen.co.uk>, Peter Fairbrother
<zenadsl6186 at zen.co.uk> writes
>> Isn't it the case that the url is transmitted "in the clear", and thus
>> the traffic data associated with that access would reveal I looked at
>> blah/blah/thanks.aspx, although the content of that page would be
>> encrypted?
>
>The URL is (or should be) encrypted if there is a "s" in the http(s) part.
So all the connectivity ISP knows is the IP address of the https server,
which is back to the situation under RIPA 21(6).
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Roland Perry
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