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Opening port 443 on Linux

I followed the instructions below using ufw, it worked fine and tested instantly for ports 80 and 22, but for 443 I get Connection refused on the test, and no ufw block or in syslog or sign of attempt in auth.log.

Does DO block 443 on their own?

$ sudo ufw status | grep 443

To Action From


443/tcp ALLOW Anywhere 443/tcp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/opening-a-port-on-linux

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