What port number is used for HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure)?

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What port number is used for HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure)?

HTTPS runs HTTP over TLS/SSL, and the standard port for secure web traffic is 443. Ports identify which service a client is talking to, and HTTPS uses the well-known secure HTTP port by default, while HTTP itself uses 80. The other numbers in the options correspond to different services: 22 is SSH for secure remote login, and 21 is the control port for FTP. When you visit a secure site with https://, your browser automatically connects to port 443 unless the server is configured to use a different non-standard port, which you would specify in the URL as https://example.com:8443/ if needed.

HTTPS runs HTTP over TLS/SSL, and the standard port for secure web traffic is 443. Ports identify which service a client is talking to, and HTTPS uses the well-known secure HTTP port by default, while HTTP itself uses 80. The other numbers in the options correspond to different services: 22 is SSH for secure remote login, and 21 is the control port for FTP. When you visit a secure site with https://, your browser automatically connects to port 443 unless the server is configured to use a different non-standard port, which you would specify in the URL as https://example.com:8443/ if needed.

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