At 11:05 20-03-00 , Hale Bopp wrote:
>What is the meaning of an 8080 suffix on some URL's? 
>I know that 80 is a common HTTP port. And there have 
>only been 2 or 3 sites I've seen that incorporate the 8080 
>into their address (namely, the NSA). 

I presume you mean the port number, as in:

	http://hostname.tld:8080/path/file.html

Every TCP Internet server responds to a TCP port number, listening on that
port. The default port number for HTTP is 80.

When one wants to run more than one Web server on a computer, one needs to
give it a different port number. 8080 is a common one, being easy to
remember and above the access line (4K or whatever). 8888 is also used, or
just about anything not expected to be something else (you'd likely not use
119, as it is expected to be Network News).

It is not uncommon to put up a second Web server for testing, with another
port number.

Prior to the popularity of virtual servers (and support for HTTP 1.1), it
was quite common to have multiple servers running with different port
numbers. They are still used for this purpose occasionally. Most commonly
of an ~if it works why change it~ mind set.

Safe computing,  /Harold

ps. I'll not even speculate what the NSA might be up to? <g>
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