The entire request is encrypted, including the URL, and even the command (GET). The only thing an intervening party such as a proxy server can glean is the destination address and port. Note, however, that the Client Hello packet of a TLS handshake can advertise the fully qualified domain name in plaintext via the SNI … Read more
If you don’t care about checking the validity of the certificate just add the –no-check-certificate option on the wget command-line. This worked well for me. NOTE: This opens you up to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, and is not recommended for anything where you care about security.
Will the username and password be automatically SSL encrypted? Is the same true for GETs and POSTs Yes, yes yes. The entire communication (save for the DNS lookup if the IP for the hostname isn’t already cached) is encrypted when SSL is in use.
According to this answer, it is possible, but rarely used. As for how to get it: I would tend to simply try and order one with the provider of your choice, and enter the IP address instead of a domain during the ordering process. However, running a site on an IP address to avoid the … Read more