Port 80 Open (HTTP)
Port 80 is open on the host, as expected for a web server.
Severity: Informational | Port: 80
What does this mean?
Port 80 is open on the host. This is the standard port for unencrypted HTTP traffic and is expected for any host serving a website. This finding is informational only and carries zero weight in your DNS Health score.
Why this is raised
DNS Watchdog records the open ports it discovers on each host so that your inventory reflects the host's actual exposure. Port 80 being open is normal and not a problem in itself, so this is surfaced for visibility rather than as something to fix.
What you should do
- Redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS so that visitors' connections are encrypted
- See No HTTPS Redirect for the related finding raised when that redirect is missing