Port 80 at the end of a URL

[kestrel]

At the end of this the below url does the 80 specify the port?
http://www.site.com:80

[bartonc]

does the 80 specify the port?

Yes it does.

[kestrel]

so if someone were to put
site.com:21 in IE, it would open up the ftp?

[bartonc]

so if someone were to put
site.com:21 in IE, it would open up the ftp?

Not on my site. You'd need the directory name and password. Not to mention, a way to send the FTP commands.

[sashi]

so if someone were to put
site.com:21 in IE, it would open up the ftp?

Nop, it prompt error 404 and redirect the user to "Page Not Found" error page. Reason why, port 21 is reserved port to ftp service, in order to open an FTP site you need to specify the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) in the address bar, i.e <ftp://ftp.site.com>. Good luck & Take care.

[NeoPa]

so if someone were to put
site.com:21 in IE, it would open up the ftp?

It would try to connect on the ftp port, but would normally fail for reasons outlined above.

[kestrel]

im just trying to understand that :80 thing, ive never seen it before

[bartonc]

It would try to connect on the ftp port, but would normally fail for reasons outlined above.

"Outlined below" if you have "most recent on top" set like I do.

[drhowarddrfine]

The :80 is the default that's why it's not used in the uri. Sometimes you'll see other port numbers, like :8080, when someone runs their own server/site from home. It's because some ISPs block 80 for home use.