Re: Port 443?

Glynn Clements (glynn@sensei.co.uk)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 09:44:18 +0100 (BST)


Stephen Davies wrote:

> I have just logged a session from an unknown user at an unresolved IP address
> (208.139.0.35) port 443 to port 6730 on one of my machines.
>
> Could someone please tell me what port 443 is usually used for.

TCP port 443 is used for HTTPS (i.e. HTTP+SSL).

However, the connection should be the other way around (i.e. from an
ephemeral port to port 443).

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Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>
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