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Table1
CommonTCP/IPProtocolsandPorts

Protocol TCP/UDP PortNumber Descripon

FileTransferProtocol TCP 20/21 FTPisoneofthemostcommonlyused

(FTP) letransferprotocolsontheInternet
andwithinprivatenetworks.AnFTP
(RFC959) servercaneasilybesetupwithlile
networkingknowledgeandprovides
theabilitytoeasilyrelocatelesfrom
onesystemtoanother.FTPcontrolis
handledonTCPport21anditsdata
transfercanuseTCPport20aswellas
dynamicportsdependingonthe
specicconguraon.

SecureShell(SSH) TCP 22 SSHistheprimarymethodusedto

managenetworkdevicessecurelyat
(RFC42504256) thecommandlevel.Itistypicallyused
asasecurealternavetoTelnetwhich
doesnotsupportsecureconnecons.

Telnet TCP 23 Telnetistheprimarymethodusedto

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SimpleMailTransfer TCP 25 SMTPisusedfortwoprimary

Protocol(SMTP) funcons,itisusedtotransfermail
(email)fromsourcetodesnaon
(RFC5321) betweenmailserversanditisusedby
enduserstosendemailtoamail
system.

DomainName TCP/UDP 53 TheDNSisusedwidelyonthepublic

System(DNS) internetandonprivatenetworksto
translatedomainnamesintoIP
(RFC10341035) addresses,typicallyfornetwork
roung.DNSishieracalwithmain
rootserversthatcontaindatabases
thatlistthemanagersofhighlevelTop
LevelDomains(TLD)(suchas.com).
ThesedierentTLDmanagersthen
containinformaonforthesecond
leveldomainsthataretypicallyusedby
individualusers(forexample,
cisco.com).ADNSservercanalsobe
setupwithinaprivatenetworkto
privatenamingservicesbetweenthe
hostsoftheinternalnetworkwithout
beingpartoftheglobalsystem.

DynamicHost UDP 67/68 DHCPisusedonnetworksthatdonot

Conguraon usestacIPaddressassignment
Protocol(DHCP) (almostallofthem).ADHCPservercan
besetupbyanadministratoror
(RFC2131) engineerwithapollofaddressesthat
areavailableforassignment.Whena
clientdeviceisturnedonitcanrequest
anIPaddressfromthelocalDHCP
server,ifthereisanavailableaddress
inthepoolitcanbeassignedtothe
device.Thisassignmentisnot
permanentandexpiresata
congurableinterval;ifanaddress
renewalisnotrequestedandthelease
expirestheaddresswillbeputback
intothepollforassignment.

TrivialFileTransfer UDP 69 TFTPoersamethodofletransfer

Protocol(TFTP) withoutthesessionestablishment
requirementsthatFTPuses.Because
(RFC1350) TFTPusesUDPinsteadofTCPithasno
wayofensuringthelehasbeen
properlytransferred,theenddevice
mustbeabletochecktheletoensure
propertransfer.TFTPistypicallyused
bydevicestoupgradesowareand
rmware;thisincludesCiscoandother
networkvendorsequipment.

HypertextTransfer TCP 80 HTTPisoneofthemostcommonly

Protocol(HTTP) usedprotocolsonmostnetworks.
HTTPisthemainprotocolthatisused
(RFC2616) bywebbrowsersandisthususedby
anyclientthatusesleslocatedon
theseservers.

PostOceProtocol TCP 110 POPversion3isoneofthetwomain

(POP)version3 protocolsusedtoretrievemailfroma
server.POPwasdesignedtobevery
(RFC1939) simplebyallowingaclienttoretrieve
thecompletecontentsofaserver
mailboxandthendelengthecontents
fromtheserver.
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clocksarepreciselyaccurate.

NetBIOS TCP/UDP 137/138/139 NetBIOSitselfisnotaprotocolbutis

typicallyusedincombinaonwithIP
(RFC10011002) withtheNetBIOSoverTCP/IP(NBT)
protocol.NBThaslongbeenthe
centralprotocolusedtointerconnect
MicrosoWindowsmachines.

InternetMessage TCP 143 IMAPversion3isthesecondofthe

AccessProtocol mainprotocolsusedtoretrievemail
(IMAP) fromaserver.WhilePOPhaswider
support,IMAPsupportsawiderarray
(RFC3501) ofremotemailboxoperaonswhich
canbehelpfultousers.

SimpleNetwork TCP/UDP 161/162 SNMPisusedbynetwork

Management administratorsasamethodofnetwork
Protocol(SNMP) management.SNMPhasanumberof
dierentabiliesincludingtheability
(RFC19011908, tomonitor,congureandcontrol
34113418) networkdevices.SNMPtrapscanalso
beconguredonnetworkdevicesto
nofyacentralserverwhenspecic
aconsareoccurring.Typically,these
areconguredtobeusedwhenan
alerngcondionishappening.Inthis
situaon,thedevicewillsendatrapto
networkmanagementstangthatan
eventhasoccurredandthatthedevice
shouldbelookedatfurtherfora
sourcetotheevent.

BorderGateway TCP 179 BGPversion4iswidelyusedonthe

Protocol(BGP) publicinternetandbyInternetService
Providers(ISP)tomaintainverylarge
(RFC4271) roungtablesandtracprocessing.
BGPisoneofthefewprotocolsthat
havebeendesignedtodealwiththe
astronomicallylargeroungtablesthat
mustexistonthepublicInternet.

LightweightDirectory TCP/UDP 389 LDAPprovidesamechanismof

AccessProtocol accessingandmaintainingdistributed
(LDAP) directoryinformaon.LDAPisbased
ontheITUTX.500standardbuthas
(RFC4510) beensimpliedandalteredtowork
overTCP/IPnetworks.

HypertextTransfer TCP 443 HTTPSisusedinconjunconwithHTTP

ProtocoloverSSL/TLS toprovidethesameservicesbutdoing
(HTTPS) itusingasecureconneconwhichis
providedbyeitherSSLorTLS.
(RFC2818)

LightweightDirectory TCP/UDP 636 JustlikeHTTPS,LDAPSprovidesthe

AccessProtocolover samefunconasLDAPbutovera
TLS/SSL(LDAPS) secureconneconwhichisprovidedby
eitherSSLorTLS.
(RFC4513)

FTPoverTLS/SSL TCP 989/990 Again,justliketheprevioustwo

entries,FTPoverTLS/SSLusestheFTP
(RFC4217) protocolwhichisthensecuredusing
eitherSSLorTLS.

Summary
Whileitmayseemobviousthattherearelargenumberofportsthataremissingfromthislist,the
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purposeherewastojustcoverthemostcommonlyseenandusedprotocols.Thecompletelistofassigned
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