What is Port 443?
Port 443 is commonly used for Secure HTTP with SSL. All the https:// requests is forwarded to port 443 and the connection link will be a encrypted one.
To setup https and you need to install SSL certificate (openssl or paid one) with apache and once done you can access your site securely by typing https://yoursite.com or https://ipaddress/
Most ssl certificates are signed by CA (certificate authority) which will show website identity and a padlock symbol will appear at the status bar in the browser indicating that it is secure https.
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