Question

A user requests an unencrypted webpage from a web server running on a computer, listening on the Internet Protocol address 10.1.1.150. What will be the socket address?

Answer 1

Answer:

10.1.1.150:80

Explanation:

Socket address is the combination of an IP address and port number.

HTTP is what most unencrypted webpage use, instead of HTTPS which is the encrypted version of HTTP.

By default, webserver using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) uses a standard port known as port 80.

The Socket address which is the combination of the IP address and standard port number will be something like this:

10.1.1.150:80