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Does HTTPS hide URL from ISP?
When a web site does use HTTPS, an ISP cannot see URLs and content in unencrypted form. However, ISPs can still almost always see the domain names that their subscribers visit. DNS queries are almost never encrypted. In fact, DNS queries are almost never encrypted.
Can I encrypt a URL?
URL encryption is transparent and requires no changes to the application. There is no learning phase necessary for the URL encryption and Smart Form protection engine to instantly protect a Web application. The configuration is very simple: At least one entry URL must be defined (see configuration below).
Are there any HTTPS URLs that are encrypted?
As the other answers have already pointed out, https “URLs” are indeed encrypted. However, your DNS request/response when resolving the domain name is probably not, and of course, if you were using a browser, your URLs might be recorded too.
How does https encrypt everything on top of TLS?
Everything that goes on top of TLS is encrypted, except the initial TLS handshake. Specifying credentials in the URL is an outdated fashion. If they are present in the URL, they are sent as a HTTP header and they’re encrypted by TLS. Host is sent in multiple places. It is sent as a HTTP header of the same name.
Is it true that SSL hides the URLs being accessed?
Therefore, you should not assume that SSL/TLS hides from an eavesdropper which pages you are visiting. Yes, https does provide integrity for the URL you visited. P.S. One other caution: in practice, sslstrip and other man-in-the-middle attacks may be successful against many or most users, if the web site is not using HSTS.
Is it true that everything after the domain name is encrypted?
It is true that everything after the domain name is sent encrypted. For instance, if the url is https://www.example.com/foo/bar.html, then www.example.com is visible to the attacker, while the HTTP request ( GET /foo/bar.html HTTP/1.0) is encrypted.