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Browse websites on non standard ports like 79 with firefox

Browse websites on non-standard ports like 79 with Firefox

If you try to browse http://www.yourhomepage.com:79 Firefox will cancel this request for your protection.

It does that by default whenever you use a port other than port 80 - the default website port.


Solution:

1. Open Firefox

2. Type about:config in the browser address field and hit enter

3. Right click anywhere on the screen. An "menu" opens

4. Select "new > string"

5. Enter preference name as: network.security.ports.banned.override

6. Enter string value as: 79 (or whatever port number you want)

Done. Now you can access your website on a non-standard port.

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