A company's web server has been configured to allow secure transactions for their online store. The security administrator wants to ensure that the data exchanged between the web server and clients is encrypted. Which port should the firewall be configured to allow so that secure web traffic can pass through?
HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, which means that HTTPS traffic is encrypted. By default, HTTPS traffic runs over port 443. Therefore, to allow encrypted web traffic, the firewall should be configured to allow traffic through port 443. While port 80 is used for HTTP, it is not secure. Ports 53 and 22 are often used for DNS and SSH respectively, neither of which are correct for this scenario.
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