When sending data over HTTPS, I know the content is encrypted, however I hear mixed answers about whether the headers are encrypted, or how much of the header is encrypted.<\/p>\n
How much of HTTPS headers\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0encrypted?<\/p>\n Including GET\/POST request URLs, Cookies, etc.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Solution 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n The whole lot is encrypted\u2020<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 all the headers. That\u2019s why SSL on vhosts doesn\u2019t work too well \u2013 you need a dedicated IP address because the Host header is encrypted.<\/p>\n \u2020<\/sup>The Server Name Identification (SNI) standard means that the hostname may not be encrypted if you\u2019re using TLS. Also, whether you\u2019re using SNI or not, the TCP and IP headers are never encrypted. (If they were, your packets would not be routable.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When sending data over HTTPS, I know the content is encrypted, however I hear mixed answers about whether the headers are encrypted, or how much of the header is encrypted. How much of HTTPS headers\u00a0are\u00a0encrypted? Including GET\/POST request URLs, Cookies, etc. \u00a0 Solution 1: The whole lot is encrypted\u2020\u00a0\u2013 all the headers. That\u2019s why SSL […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16540],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyber-security"],"yoast_head":"\n