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My Firewall is reporting an “Unknown” Akamai Connection from TCP Port 8080. Why?

April 26, 2017akamai connection firewall port TCP unknown

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My Firewall is reporting an “Unknown” Akamai Connection from TCP Port 8080. Why?

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When you receive a Real stream that is served by Akamai via HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), your Real Player will make contact with TCP port 8080 of our server. This transaction is a legitimate HTTP connection.