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Timeline of HTTPS adoption

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| 1994 || || Standard || SSL v1.0 || Protocol || {{w|Netscape Communications}} creates HTTPS for its {{w|Netscape Navigator}} web browser, originally for use with the {{w|Secure Sockets Layer}} (SSL) protocol (SSL version 1.0). Due to security issues, this is never officially published. See [[w:Transport Layer Security#SSL_1.0.2C_2.0_and_3.0]].
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| 1995 || {{wdts|February}} || Standard || SSL v2.0 || Protocol || SSL v2.0 is released. It has a number of security flaws. See [[w:Transport Layer Security#SSL_1.0.2C_2.0_and_3.0]].
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| 1995 || {wdts|July}} || Server hosting || Netscape || Commercial offering || ''Fortune'' reports that Netscape charges $1,495 for a server and $5,000 for a server with secure communication (i.e., serving traffic over HTTPS).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://fortune.com/2012/02/05/the-rise-of-netscape/|title = The rise of Netscape|last = Sprout|first = Alison|date = July 1, 1995|accessdate = March 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name=jeff>{{cite web|url = https://www.jefftk.com/p/history-of-https-usage|title = History of HTTPS Usage|date = March 8, 2018|accessdate = March 11, 2018|last = Kaufman|first = Jeff}}</ref>
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| 1995 || {{wdts|September 19}} || Bugfix || || Vulnerability exploit || Two graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley discover a security vulnerability with Netscape Navigator, that also affects HTTPS sites and risks credit card transactions being eavesdropped on.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9509/netscape_flaw/index.html|title = Netscape: Internet security flaw can be fixed.|date = September 19, 1995|accessdate = March 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEFDC1131F935A25753C1A963958260&pagewanted=all|title = The New Watchdogs of Digital Commerce|date = October 16, 1995|accessdate = March 11, 2018|publisher = ''New York Times''|last = Markoff|first = John}}</ref><ref name=jeff/>
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| 1996 || || Standard || SSL v3.0 || Protocol || SSL v3.0 is released and its specification is drafted. IETF would publish this draft as a historical document in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6101|title = The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Protocol Version 3.0|date = August 1, 2011|accessdate = November 23, 2017|publisher = [[Internet Engineering Task Force]]}}</ref>
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