[r00f3rr]

Help me understand what encryption is used by HTTPS as opposed to HTTP: symmetric or asymmetric?

[rickmother]

http is not secure so any one in the network can hear the trafic in paintext well where https it's encrypted you can say it depends on the ssl cert where you can see the type of the encryption and it's asymmetric i believe
cause it's more secure

[hexexom]

HTTPS uses SSL/TLS encryption, and employs both symmetric and asymmetric encryption. Asymmetric encryption while establishing a session, then symmetric encryption is used within the secured session for data transmission.