COMPUTER NETWORKING

Detailed explanation-1: -Port 80 is the default port. It’s what gets used when no port is specified. 8080 is Tomcat’s default port so as not to interfere with any other web server that may be running. If you are going to run Tomcat as your web server, the port can be changed to 80 so that visitors do not need to specify it.

Detailed explanation-2: -As per Google’s transparency report, 95% of web traffic is served over HTTPS (Encrypted protocol) instead of HTTP (insecure protocol). All web traffic, either encrypted or unencrypted, is handled via Port. Generally, port 80 is used for HTTP, and port 443 is used for HTTPS protocol.