Network+ Common Ports
Network+ Common Ports
POP3 - 110/995
TCP
NTP - 123 UDP
NetBIOS - 137-139
IMAP - 143/993
TCP
SNMP - 161 Unsecure TCP/UDP
LDAP - 389 UDP
HTTPS/SSL - 443
TCP
SMB - 445 TCP
LDAPS - 636 TCP
H.323 - 1720 TCP/UDP
MGCP - 2427/2727
RDP - 3389 TCP
RTP - 5004/5005
SIP - 5060/5061 TCP/UDP
e following protocols and their default ports:
Transfers files between clients and servers. Port 20 is only used in active mode for data transfer by the server. In pa
port instead of 20. Port 21 is used by the server in both modes for control information.
Remote shell login with encryption. Replaces Telnet, which sent communications (including usernames an
extension to SSH that provides secure file transfer and file system access.
Obsolete, replaced by SSH. Remote shell login where everything (including usernames and passwords) is passed in
Sends e-mail off a domain, and receives e-mail for a domain from another domain.
Resolves FQDNs (fully qualified domain names) into their corresponding IP addresses, and performs othe
domain's DNS servers, a domain's mail servers, and reverse lookups, matching IP addresses to FQDNs.
Provides clients configuration information including IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, IP addresses of DNS
port 67, and in a very rare and unique client assignment, DHCP clients use port 68.
Simplified version of FTP used primarily today to boot from a LAN with PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment), and t
switch images and configurations.
Defines the formatting, transmission, and actions done by Web servers and clients. Passes everything in plaintext.
Obsolete, replaced by IMAP. Retrieves e-mail from a server, removing it from the server and storing it on the local m
later, from another device, the previously stored messages are no longer available on the server. If the option to lea
you'll always see the messages as new on each new device mail is checked from.
Synchronizes clocks between networked devices.
Retrieves mail from a server to an e-mail client, but you're working directly on the server the entire time. You're able
and have all devices synched to the messages and their status (read vs. unread, deleted vs. not deleted) on the ser
server, and will appear on each new client, as opposed to e-mail folders when using POP, which will only appear on
Collects information from networking devices for management and monitoring purposes.
Accesses and maintains distributed directory information services related to users, groups, computers, printers, and
Windows servers through Active Directory.
Provides authentication, confidentiality, and integrity to exchanges between Web servers and clients. Used instead o
middle attacks, securing accounts, and keeping communications, identities, and browsing private. In most cases, ac
not SSL.
Provides shared access to files, printers, and more.
Encrypts LDAP communications.
Defines AV (audio-visual) protocols, defining how multimedia communications occur between devices.
Microsoft protocol that allows for connecting to another computer through a GUI (graphical user interface).
Establishes, modifies, and terminates VoIP (Voice over IP) calls. Port 5060 is used for non-encrypted signaling traffi
encrypted traffic.