Change default HTTP port

How can I change the incoming port for HTTP requests to default to 8080 on
Windows SBS 2003

I know how to change the IIS port, but this requires me to put :8080 at the
end of my web address, which does work, but then it cannot find links within
the site because the 8080 is not passed on...

Many thanks in anticipation

Mike Scheerer

"Mike Scheerer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How can I change the incoming port for HTTP requests to default to 8080 on
> Windows SBS 2003

You don't. It doesn't work that way. You webserver is "passive" and has
nothing to do with that.

It is the browser that "defaults" to port 80 for HTTP when a port is not
specified. It is hardcoded into the browser and it is also an "industry
standard". Every browser in the world is like that no matter who makes it.
If is was not this way, then even sites on port 80 would also require the
port to be specified in the URL (http://www.mysite.com:80).

I don't know of any browser by anybody that gives you a way to change the
default port,...and think about it,...if it did it would do it for every
Site you go to,...so if you changed it to 8080 then every Site you go to
that uses port 80 would need the port entered in the URL which would be
about 99.999% of the Public websites on the Internet. You would get tired
of it really fast and it would also cause all links on every wesite in the
workd to be broken because none of them specifiy port 80 in the link for
sites running on port 80, so the browser would always attempt 8080 and would
fail.


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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

Mike, why did you change IIS's default from port 80 to 8080? If you believe
this will increase your security, that isn't true. Hiding is not security.
Your web server is still discoverable.

Using non-standard ports just increases complexity, which arguably *decreases*
security because now it's yet another thing you have to remember to manage.

Steve Riley
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> "Mike Scheerer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:OV$ZFSl$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> How can I change the incoming port for HTTP requests to default to
>> 8080 on Windows SBS 2003
>>
> You don't. It doesn't work that way. You webserver is "passive" and
> has nothing to do with that.
>
> It is the browser that "defaults" to port 80 for HTTP when a port is
> not specified. It is hardcoded into the browser and it is also an
> "industry standard". Every browser in the world is like that no matter
> who makes it. If is was not this way, then even sites on port 80 would
> also require the port to be specified in the URL
> (http://www.mysite.com:80).
>
> I don't know of any browser by anybody that gives you a way to change
> the default port,...and think about it,...if it did it would do it for
> every Site you go to,...so if you changed it to 8080 then every Site
> you go to that uses port 80 would need the port entered in the URL
> which would be about 99.999% of the Public websites on the Internet.
> You would get tired of it really fast and it would also cause all
> links on every wesite in the workd to be broken because none of them
> specifiy port 80 in the link for sites running on port 80, so the
> browser would always attempt 8080 and would fail.
>