Communicating with a remote host via HTTPS

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Published on 2012-04-06T20:14:34Z Indexed on 2012/04/06 23:39 UTC
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I have developed a solution where a Java applet makes a socket connection to a port on a socket server (which happens to run on a web server).

But a new client has implemented https within their LAN and so I am told communication must be via HTTPS.

With standard socket communication you connect to a port on a host. But the clients HTTPS uses port 443. So will it be possible to connect to a socket server using a different port?

I assume it must be possible? Any help would be much appreciated.

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