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Manish Kumar
Manish Kumar

Reputation: 10502

Is it safe and good to show port number in URL?

I am having a nodejs server on port 3000 so to get the socket.io.js file i am using url like localhost:3000/socket/io.....

Is it safe and good to show port number in URL ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2157

Answers (1)

Sobrique
Sobrique

Reputation: 53478

Yes. It's no more dangerous to reveal port number than it is IP address. E.g. discloses a very small amount of information about your network, but doesn't significantly degrade your security. And if you're relying on a 'hidden' port number for any sort of security, then you're making a mistake.

Upvotes: 2

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