Accessing Websites through a Different Port? [closed]

Question

I am wanting to access a website from a different port than 80 or 8080. Is this possible? I just want to view the website but through a different port. I do not have a router. I know this can be done because I have a browser that accessing websites through different ports, Called XB Browser by Xero Bank.

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Thanks for the answers. So, if I setup a proxy on one computer, I could have it go from my computer, to another computer that then returns the website to me. Would this bypass logging software?

Answer 1

If your question is about IIS(or other server) configuration - yes, it's possible. All you need is to create ports mapping under your Default Site or Virtual Directory and assign specific ports to the site you need. For example it is sometimes very useful for web services, when default port is assigned to some UI front-end and you want to assign service to the same address but with different port.

Answer 2

A simple way is to got to http://websitename.com:174, and you will be entering through a different port.

Answer 3

You can use ssh to forward ports onto somewhere else.

If you have two computers, one you browse from, and one which is free to access websites, and is not logged (ie. you own it and it's sitting at home), then you can set up a tunnel between them to forward http traffic over.

For example, I connect to my home computer from work using ssh, with port forwarding, like this:

ssh -L 22222:<target_website>:80 <home_computer>

Then I can point my browser to

http://localhost:22222/

And this request will be forwarded over ssh. Since the work computer is first contacting the home computer, and then contacting the target website, it will be hard to log.

However, this is all getting into 'how to bypass web proxies' and the like, and I suggest you create a new question asking what exactly you want to do.

Ie. "How do I bypass web proxies to avoid my traffic being logged?"