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220-801 · Question #570

Basic Internet web traffic generally travels on which of the following ports?

The correct answer is C. 80 and 443. Port 80 is the default port for HTTP (unencrypted web traffic), and port 443 is the default port for HTTPS (TLS-encrypted web traffic). The other options mix in unrelated ports: port 25 is SMTP (email sending), port 53 is DNS (name resolution), port 8080 is an alternate HTTP…

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Question

Basic Internet web traffic generally travels on which of the following ports?

Options

  • A25 and 53
  • B53 and 8080
  • C80 and 443
  • D110 and 53

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    7% (3)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    86% (37)
  • D
    5% (2)

Explanation

Port 80 is the default port for HTTP (unencrypted web traffic), and port 443 is the default port for HTTPS (TLS-encrypted web traffic). The other options mix in unrelated ports: port 25 is SMTP (email sending), port 53 is DNS (name resolution), port 8080 is an alternate HTTP port, and port 110 is POP3 (email retrieval). None of those pairs represent standard browser-to-web-server communication.

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#HTTP#HTTPS#network ports#web traffic

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