I would caution against a carte blanche opening of *any* port on *any* firewall without some pretty good justification for it. That said, I haven't heard of anything special about 8020. Since they've specified https, maybe they just want to use an unusual port number to keep its visibility low.
-----Original Message----- From: Leuthardt, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 12:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FW-1] Anybody know what port 8020 is used for I have a client that wants us to allow traffic to port 8020 for https. Does anyone know of any reasons not to, or what this is normally used for. Thanks -- Eric D. Leuthardt MOUS, A+, i-Net+, Network+, CIW, MCSA IT Director Reliable Reports, Inc. 1165 S Stemmons Suite 233 Lewisville, TX 75067 800-460-0723 x241 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
