Port 443 open
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According to MS it's to do with performance: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/stream-your-media-over-the-internet-using-windows-media-player. Though this is really a question for a different forum.
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According to MS it's to do with performance: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/stream-your-media-over-the-internet-using-windows-media-player.
Ah of course, who gives a fuck about security, performance is much more important in the MS land; plus it's extremely excellent idea to steal standard HTTPS port for some media streaming junk. :o ???
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Before I found the article, I gamely wondered if MS might have been using 443 to encrypt the data. Hardy-har-har!
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According to MS it's to do with performance: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/stream-your-media-over-the-internet-using-windows-media-player.
Ah of course, who gives a fuck about security, performance is much more important in the MS land; plus it's extremely excellent idea to steal standard HTTPS port for some media streaming junk. :o ???
lol..so true!