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cheers guys, @mpfister the box was un-ticked so I ticked it and then un-ticked as you specified and after logging in and out this appears to have resolved the problem. thank you.
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cheers guys, @mpfister the box was un-ticked so I ticked it and then un-ticked as you specified and after logging in and out this appears to have resolved the problem. thank you.

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Hi Experts,<br />
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as a company we need to be PCI DSS compliant which means a 3rd party company will test our environment for vulnerabilities.<br />
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when they scanned our network the following errors attached appeared.<br />
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Port 443 is the standard TCP/IP port for all Secure sites, correct?<br />
can anyone think of any implication if I closed this port?<br />
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I believe its used for remote access externally but I have never done that anyway.<br />
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peggiegreg
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Hi Experts,

as a company we need to be PCI DSS compliant which means a 3rd party company will test our environment for vulnerabilities.

when they scanned our network the following errors attached appeared.




Port 443 is the standard TCP/IP port for all Secure sites, correct?
can anyone think of any implication if I closed this port?

I believe its used for remote access externally but I have never done that anyway.

peggiegreg

Port 443 Draytek Router

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Vulnerabilities

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Routers

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the set of networking protocols that define end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be packeted, addressed, transmitted, routed and received at the destination. This functionality is organized into four abstraction layers which are used to sort all related protocols according to the scope of networking involved.

TCP/IP

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Networking

Networking software modules are interfaced with a framework implemented on the machine's operating system that implements the networking functionality of the operating system. The best known frameworks are the TCP/IP model and the OSI model. Systems typically do not use a single protocol to handle a transmission. Instead they use a set of cooperating protocols, sometimes called a protocol family or protocol suite.[9] Some of the best known protocol suites include: IPX/SPX, X.25, AX.25, AppleTalk and TCP/IP. Other protocols indirectly related to networking include the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and its related technologies, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name Server (DNS) and other Internet protocols.