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Timeline of HTTPS adoption

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! Year !! Month and date (if available) !! Entity type !! Entity name !! Stage !! Details
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| 1994 || || Browser || Netspace Navigator || Protocol support || {{w|Netscape Communications}} created creates HTTPS in 1994 for its {{w|Netscape Navigator}} web browser, originally for use with the {{w|Secure Sockets Layer}} (SSL) protocol.
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| 2000 || {{dts|May}} || Standard || RFC 2818 || || RFC 2818 of the {{w|Internet Engineering Task Force}} describes the standard for HTTPS, using HTTP over {{|Transport Layer Security}} (TLS). This is considered a superior, more secure form of HTTPS than HTTPS over SSL.
| 2011 || {{dts|March 15}} || Website || Twitter || Opt-in HTTPS-only || {{w|Twitter}} begins allowing logged-in users to opt in to have all their Twitter browsing encrypted by HTTPS.<ref name=twitter-https-optin>{{cite web|url = https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/a/2011/making-twitter-more-secure-https.html|title = Making Twitter more secure: HTTPS|date = March 15, 2011|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = Twitter}}</ref>
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| 2011 || {{dts|July 15}} || Proxy/load balancer || Nginx || || GlobalSign, DigiCert, Comodo and NGINX Inc. announce a joint effort to add OCSP-stapling support to Nginx.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nginx.com/press/globalsign-digicert-and-comodo-collaborate-nginx-improve-online/|title = GlobalSign, DigiCert and Comodo Collaborate with NGINX to Improve Online Trust through Enhanced Certificate Revocation Checking, sign a Sponsorship Agreement. New version of the popular NGINX web server to support OCSP-stapling|date = July 15, 2011|accessdate = November 19, 2017|pubblisher publisher = NGINX, Inc.}}</ref>
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| 2011 || {{dts|October 18}} || Website || Google Search || Default HTTPS-only || Google makes HTTPS (using SSL) the default option for its search users who are logged in on google.com (its US site; regionally branded sites are not affected).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://googleblog.blogspot.in/2011/10/making-search-more-secure.html|title = Making search more secure|date = October 18, 2011|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = Google}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.eweek.com/security/google-makes-https-encryption-default-for-search|title = Google Makes HTTPS Encryption Default for Search|last = Boulton|first = Clint|date = October 18, 2011|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = eweek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://searchengineland.com/google-to-begin-encrypting-searches-outbound-clicks-by-default-97435|title = Google To Begin Encrypting Searches & Outbound Clicks By Default With SSL Search|last = Sullivan|first = Danny|date = October 18, 2011|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = Search Engine Land}}</ref> In particular, webmasters receiving traffic from Google Search will no longer be able to know the search terms that led to a specific visit.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://analytics.googleblog.com/2011/10/making-search-more-secure-accessing.html|title = Making search more secure: Accessing search query data in Google Analytics|date = October 18, 2011|accessdate = November 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://searchengineland.com/google-puts-a-price-on-privacy-98029|title = Google Puts A Price On Privacy|last = Sullivan|first = Danny|date = October 22, 2011|accessdate = November 19, 2017}}</ref>
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