The standard port for secure Web communications is port 443. The
standard port for non-secure Web communications is port 80. The Red Hat Linux Secure Server
default configuration listens on both of the two standard ports.
Therefore, you won't need to specify the port number in a URL.
However, if you configure your server to listen on a non-standard port
(i.e., anything besides 80 or 443), you'll need to specify the port
number in every URL which is intended to connect to the server on the
non-standard port.
For example, you may have configured your server so that you have a
virtual host running non-secured on port 12331. Any URLs intended to
connect to that virtual host must specify the port number in the URL.
The following URL example will attempt to connect to a non-secure Web
server listening on port 12331:
You should also remember that URLs which are intended to connect to your
Red Hat Linux Secure Server should begin with the https: protocol designator instead of the
more common http: protocol designator. The https: protocol designator
is used for secure HTTP protocol communications.
Some of the example URLs used in this manual may need to be changed,
depending upon whether you're accessing your Red Hat Linux Secure Server or your non-secure
Web server. Please view all URLs in this manual as general examples,
and not as explicit instructions that will work under all circumstances.
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