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Opening a port is not unsafe by itself. The application that listens to that port has vulnerabilities.<br />
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That being said, if IIS will listen to ports 81/82 it will be about as secure as if it would be listening on the standard 80.<br />
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HTH,<br />
Dan
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Opening a port is not unsafe by itself. The application that listens to that port has vulnerabilities.

That being said, if IIS will listen to ports 81/82 it will be about as secure as if it would be listening on the standard 80.

HTH,
Dan

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so is wamp an application<br />
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if I installed skype on server would the server be more vunerable now that more than 80 (81 and 82) is open
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so is wamp an application

if I installed skype on server would the server be more vunerable now that more than 80 (81 and 82) is open

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wamp is Apache, Mysql and PHP on Windows.<br />
Apache listens by default on 80, Mysql on 3306.<br />
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Why did you open ports 81 and 82? What application needed those ports?
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wamp is Apache, Mysql and PHP on Windows.
Apache listens by default on 80, Mysql on 3306.

Why did you open ports 81 and 82? What application needed those ports?

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I would like to open wamp (apache) 81 and 82 because iis is using 80
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I would like to open wamp (apache) 81 and 82 because iis is using 80

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Thanks for apache port information.
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godaddy windows server 2008 dedicated no control panel<br />
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public firewall rule<br />
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if I open port 81 and/or port 82<br />
I want these ports to show web pages<br />
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What could go wrong?<br />
Is this unsafe
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godaddy windows server 2008 dedicated no control panel

public firewall rule

if I open port 81 and/or port 82
I want these ports to show web pages


What could go wrong?
Is this unsafe

port 81 and port 82 open on windows server

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.

Microsoft IIS Web Server

The successor to Active Server Pages, ASP.NET websites utilize the .NET framework to produce dynamic, data and content-driven web applications and services. ASP.NET code can be written using any .NET supported language. As of 2009, ASP.NET can also apply the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern to web applications