RE: Securing webmail - changing a port necessary to ensure security?

["Michael Bellears" <MBellears () staff datafx com au>]

> When configuring webemail (such as owa) that is using https, 
> is it better to change the default port (443) to an uncommon 
> port (20000)for security reasons?
>  Does it secure it further 
> by doing this?  

Security through obscurity - Certainly not.

> Wouldn't it cause more issues than anything 
> if you try to access that site from inside an org that only 
> allows port 80/443 and 21 out?  

Correct.

Regards,
MB

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