Definitions for "SHTTP"
Secure-Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Security Protocols For The Internet.
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol. sHTTP, a Web protocol developed by Netscape, enables Web browsers to encrypt and decrypt user page requests as well as the pages that are returned by the Web server. sHTTP uses the Secure Socket Layer ( SSL) as a sub-layer under its regular HTTP application layer.
Secure HTTP. A version of HTTP protocol that uses encryption to assure that the traffic between the server and the browser cannot be eavesdropped on. Should be considered mandatory for all e-commerce applications.