An extension to the HTTP protocol to support sending data
securely over the World Wide Web. Not all Web browsers and
servers support S-HTTP. Another technology for transmitting
secure communications over the World Wide Web -- Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) -- is more prevalent. However, SSL and S-HTTP have
very different designs and goals so it is possible to use the
two protocols together. Whereas SSL is designed to establish a
secure connection between two computers, S-HTTP is designed to
send individual messages securely. Both protocols have been
submitted to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for
approval as a standard. S-HTTP was developed by Enterprise
Integration Technologies (EIT), which was acquired by Verifone,
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