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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Most users are totally unaware that there are over 65,000 ports at each IP# any one of which can serve web pages.
By default on most browsers port 80 carries http and port 443 caries https
IP:port#
This where a lot of the "dark web" lurks.  |
Dark web generally refers to sites available only via TOR or I2P, or other anonymous network, and not sites hosted on alternate ports.
Very few sites host themselves on alternate ports, it's not really a sensible idea for a website you want any traffic to for various reasons. Instead, as mentioned, server name indication and reverse proxies are used. This is how I host multiple sites on port 443 at home for example.