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Re:Oxford Temporarily Blocks Google Docs by Pezmc on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @09:12AM (#5244327)
Does SSL prevent the network admin from seeing the URL that is being visited? I did in fact read the article in full, but I was under the impression that the encryption just encrypted the data in the request.

From a read through of the Wikipedia article on SSL it's now clear to me that all HTTP headers are encrypted, including the requested path.

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Re:Oxford Temporarily Blocks Google Docs by jacques_chester on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @09:30AM (#5244426)
> Does SSL prevent the network admin from seeing the URL that is being visited?

My understanding is that SSL establishes an end-to-end secure channel, then HTTP is inside that channel. Consequently, GETs and POSTs are not visible to outside parties.

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