iFolder Port Information
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Dec 2002
Q.
I have a quick question about iFolder for which we can't seem to find certain information. I know that iFolder uses port 80 to send information from client to server, and that the data is encrypted at the client side before it is sent over the wire, but what protocol is being used for normal communication between client and server?
In other words, the client is passing information about what data had changed and therefore is being sent over the wire encrypted, as well as any other management communications between client and server. What protocol are they using to carry on this management communication? Is it a proprietary protocol, or something like WebDav?
Sammy Serial Shellenburger
A.
Dear Sammy: Nominally port 52080, not 80. This is adjustable by the manager, and the client has to know as well, of course. Since a web server is the daemon side of things then, the traffic obeys HTTP rules with GET, POST, and WebDAV extensions.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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