[846] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: port 443 and security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Thu Sep 14 17:46:23 1995
To: www-security@ns1.rutgers.edu
From: jsw@neon.netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Date: 14 Sep 1995 18:20:32 GMT
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In article <199509132002.QAA17136@mail.fh.rbus>, cwerner@fh.us.bosch.com (Christopher L. Werner) writes:
> Is port 443 used consistently for authentication between server and browser?
> I looked through 'some' server documentation but since I do not have either
> of the Netscape server products in house I am not really familiar with the
> expectations of the SSL or SHTTP mechanisms. I think (dangerous) that the
> server acknowledges secure transactions on port 443 and that I need to pass
> acknowledgement messages back to the client. Is 443 used by more than
> Netscape (is it a proprietary practice or a multi-vendor standard?)?
Port 443 is for HTTP running on top of SSL. There are quite a few vendors
who are coming out with products that support SSL and http on port 443. I'm
not sure if any besides netscape are officially shipping yet..
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
