When using https, is the URL (not the contents) sent as plain-text or encrypted text?

Question

When using https, is the URL (not the contents) sent as plain-text or encrypted text?

Answer 1

The URL is encrypted as well.

Answer 2

I'm sure its encrypted because proxies using the HTTPS prefix are always harder to block.

Not 100% sure though.

Answer 3

Encrypted.

HTTPS Establishes an underlying SSL conenction before any HTTP data is

transferred. This ensures that all URL data (with the exception of

hostname, which is used to establish the connection) is carried solely

within this encrypted connection and is protected from

man-in-the-middle attacks in the same way that any HTTPS data is.

All HTTP-level transactions within an HTTPS connection are conducted

within the established SSL session, and no query data is transferred

before the secure connection is established.

From the outside the only data that is visible to the world it the

hostname and port you are connecting to. Everything else is simply a

stream of binary data which is enctypted using a private key shared

only between you and the server.