Port Numbers
Port Numbers
Port Numbers
For those of you who configure firewalls, routers, port forwarding, and applications
connectivity, this regularly updated document lists all standard, common, well known,
de-facto, as well as application specific TCP/IP PC port numbers used around the world.
The port numbers specifically highlighted in yellow in the port list below, indicate International
Standards ports, some de-facto standard ports, or simply very well-known ports.
Port
Port 21
Type
International Standard
Application
FTP port
This is the port used for all FTP based file
transfers, such as with programs like FTP
Voyager, WS_FTP , Cute FTP , FTP NOW, and
many more. (FTP = File Transfer Protocol).
Port 22
International Standard
Port 23
International Standard
Telnet port
The port used by all T elnet applications.
Port 25
International Standard
Port 42
Microsoft
Port 43
International Standard
WHOIS port
Port used for WhoIs requests (for the retrieval
of domain name information) to whois servers.
Port 53
International Standard
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Port
Port 67
Type
International Standard
Application
DHCP port for DHCP requests &
replies
This is the port used by the DHCP server and
clients when the clients checks with the DHCP
server for a new lease and the allocation of an IP
address. (DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol).
Port 79
International Standard
Port 80
International Standard
Port 102
International Standard
X.400 port
X.400 is one of the earliest standards for
communications between Message Handling
Systems (MHS) in pre-Internet days. As a result
X.400 includes provisions for the network
communications to include information about the
intended destination medium for the message
(e.g : email, fax, telex, etc...).
In the Windows world this port is used by default
by Microsoft Exchange Server MTAs (Message
Transfer Agent) to communicate with each other
on internal networks with multiple Exchange
servers.
Port 110
International Standard
POP3 port
Standard port used for POP3 mail delivery and
collection. This is the port normally called the
Incoming Mail port in email programs such as
Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook, FoxMail, and
others.
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Port
Port 115
Type
International Standard
Application
SFTP port (Secure File Transfer
Protocol)
Port used for FTP file transfers and modifications
over a Secure Shell connection (SSH). This is
sometimes mistakenly called FTP over SSH
which it is not it is actually a completely new file
transfer protocol which includes additional
features such as error detection, resumption of
interrupted transfers, remote file removal, and
enumeration (listing) of remote folders and files.
Additionally, as the protocol operates within the
SSH protocol which secures the connection
through authentication and encryption, this
protocol has the additional advantage of operating
within a secure environment, something which
basic FTP lacks totally (passwords and files are
sent as clear text which can easily be intercepted
and deciphered by snooping programs).
Port 119
International Standard
Newsgroups port
Port used for newsgroups access.
Port 123
International Standard
Port 135
Microsoft
Port 137
Microsoft
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Port
Port 143
Type
International Standard
Application
Internet Message Access Protocol 4
(IMAP4 port)
This port is used by IMAP4 servers.
IMAP is a method of accessing emails stored
remotely on a mail server (a mailbox). This could
be a mailbox at an ISP or a corporate mail server.
IMAP4 is the other message access protocol
the first one, and most known, being POP3.
IMAP works differently from POP3 :
the
connection to the remote mailbox is constant
compared
to
the
Connect-GetMessagesCloseConnection method of POP3. IMAP allows
more than one email client to be connected to the
same mailbox at the same time as a direct
result it is the protocol of choice for hand-held
devices like BlackBerrys as you can have your
laptop, desktop PC, and BlackBerry all connected
to your mailbox at the same time, something
which is not possible with POP3 which requires
exclusive access. Another major plus point of
IMAP is the ability to retrieve parts of the email,
such as the subject only, the message body only,
or the attachments only this is another reason
for it being the protocol of choice for devices like
BlackBerrys where the user can have the device
configured to download and show only the
message subjects and when the user decides to
open the email in full, then at that point the device
requests, specifically, the only the body of the
message. Last but not least, the IMAP protocol
includes the provision of message status flags
which let the remote client know whether a
message has been read, deleted, replied to, or
forwarded again, this is crucial to BlackBerrytype devices as that is how the IMAP server can
synchronize messages between the device, the
server, and any other device simultaneously
accessing the same mailbox.
Port 161
International Standard
Port 179
International Standard
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Port
Port 379
Type
Microsoft
Application
Site Replication Serivces (SRS port)
TCP Port used by Microsoft Site Replication
Services.
This services enables LDAP enabled servers to
replicate between each other information stored
on Microsoft Active Directory domain Controllers
and Exchange Servers.
Port 389
International Standard
Port 443
International Standard
Port 445
International Standard
Port 465
Port 636
International Standard
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Port
Port 993
Type
International Standard
Application
Secure Internet Message Access
Protocol port (Secure IMAP port)
TCP Port used for SSL Secured IMAP 4 access.
See IMAP4 Port: 143.
Port 995
Port 1026
Novell
Microsoft
Port 1080
De-Facto Standard
On some
Windows 2000
servers
port 1026 is used by the Windows T ask
Scheduler or other Windows services.
SOCKS / Online Chatting / Hotmail
This port is used mainly by applications such as
ICQ,
AOL Instant Messenger, for online
chatting. It is also used by Hotmail.
Port 1090
De-Facto Standard
Port 1433
Microsoft
Port 1434
Microsoft
Port 1521
Oracle
Port 1677
Novell
Novell GroupWise
Standard port used by Novell GroupWise for
TCP/IP communications between clients and
agents and the GroupWise Post Office Agent
(POA).
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Port
Port 1701
Type
International Standard
Application
Layer Two Tunnelling Protocol port
(L2TP port)
A tunnelling and encryption standard used to
connect two Private Business networks together
over an Internet connection to create a Virtual
Private Network (VPN).
This protocol is seen as the replacement to
PPTP (port 1723 listed below).
Port 1720
De-Facto Standard
H.323 port
Port used for video conferencing equipment
which uses the H.323 protocol.
Port 1723
International Standard
Port 1900
Microsoft
Port 2409
SPAMFighter
Port 3101
Research in Motion
Port 3306
MySQL AB
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Port
Port 3389
Type
Microsoft
Application
Remote Desktop Port & Terminal
Services Port
TCP Inbound & Outbound. Default port used
by Windows XP Remote Desktop Connection
and Microsoft T erminal Server for Remote
Desktop Connections and/or T erminal Services
sessions. For added security it is recommended
to change the Remote Desktop port from its
default to a value of your choice this can be
changed in the Registry at
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Ter
minal Server\WinStations\RDPTcp\PortNumber (the RDP-T cp part may have
a different name if you renamed your T erminal
Server \ Remote Desktop connection).
Port 3390
Microsoft
Port 3535
GoDaddy
Port 4321
De Facto Standard
RWHOIS port
Port used for RWhoIs requests.
Port 4664
Port 5190
America On Line
Port 5500
DualDesk
DualDesk port
Default port used by the DualDesk remote control
software.
Port 5631
PCAnywhere
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Port
Port 5632
Type
PCAnywhere
Application
PCAnywhere 5632 UDP incoming port
Port used by Symantecs PC Anywhere for the
streaming of screen updates during a PC
Anywhere session. If you have a PC Anywhere
host behind a firewall or firewalled router, then
you need to allow (and possibly port forward)
incoming UDP connections on this port.
Port 5900
RealVNC Ltd
(De-facto VNC default
port)
Port 7070
Real Networks
Port 7100
Novell
Novell GroupWise
Standard port used by Novell GroupWise for
TCP/IP communications between the Message
Transfer Agent (MTA) and other agents.
Port 8000
Mirra Inc
Port 8080
International Standard
Port 8799
Vodafone UK
Port 8880
De Facto Standard
CDDB port
Port used by CD mastering software to
communicate with an Internet based CDDB
server for requests about artist and track names.
Port 9100
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Port
Port 19430
Type
Mirra Inc
Application
Mirra Personal Server Discovery port
This is a UDP port used by the Mirra Client
software running on the PC to discover its
assigned Mirra Personal Server (Broadcast over
UDP).
Port 39720
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