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Port Database

Port Database

Ports and their Services

Port Service Name Transport Protocol Description
7 Echo TCP, UDP Echo service
20 FTP-data TCP, SCTP File Transfer Protocol data transfer
21 FTP TCP, UDP, SCTP File Transfer Protocol (FTP) control connection
22 SSH-SCP TCP, UDP, SCTP Secure Shell, secure logins, file transfers (scp, sftp), and port forwarding
23 Telnet TCP Telnet protocol—unencrypted text communications
25 SMTP TCP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, used for email routing between mail servers
53 DNS TCP, UDP Domain Name System name resolver
69 TFTP UDP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
80 HTTP TCP, UDP, SCTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) uses TCP in versions 1.x and 2. 

HTTP/3 uses QUIC, a transport protocol on top of UDP
88 Kerberos TCP, UDP Network authentication system
102 Iso-tsap TCP ISO Transport Service Access Point (TSAP) Class 0 protocol
110 POP3 TCP Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3)
135 Microsoft EPMAP TCP, UDP Microsoft EPMAP (End Point Mapper), also known as DCE/RPC Locator service, used to remotely manage services including DHCP server, DNS server, and WINS. Also used by DCOM
137 NetBIOS-ns TCP, UDP NetBIOS Name Service, used for name registration and resolution
138 NetBIOS-dgs TCP, UDP NetBIOS Datagram Service
139 NetBIOS-ssn TCP, UDP NetBIOS Session Service
143 IMAP4 TCP, UDP Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), management of electronic mail messages on a server
381 HP Openview TCP, UDP HP data alarm manager
383 HP Openview TCP, UDP HP performance data collector.
443 HTTP over SSL TCP, UDP, SCTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) uses TCP in versions 1.x and 2. HTTP/3 uses QUIC, a transport protocol on top of UDP.
445 SMB TCP Server Message Block
464 Kerberos TCP, UDP Kerberos Change/Set password
465 SMTP over TLS/SSL, SSM TCP Authenticated SMTP over TLS/SSL (SMTPS), URL Rendezvous Directory for SSM (Cisco protocol)
587 SMTP TCP Email message submission
593 Microsoft DCOM TCP, UDP HTTP RPC Ep Map, Remote procedure call over Hypertext Transfer Protocol, often used by Distributed Component Object Model services and Microsoft Exchange Server
636 LDAP over TLS/SSL TCP, UDP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over TLS/SSL
691 MS Exchange TCP MS Exchange Routing
902 VMware Server unofficial VMware ESXi
989 FTP over SSL TCP, UDP FTPS Protocol (data), FTP over TLS/SSL
990 FTP over SSL TCP, UDP FTPS Protocol (control), FTP over TLS/SSL
993 IMAP4 over SSL TCP Internet Message Access Protocol over TLS/SSL (IMAPS)
995 POP3 over SSL TCP, UDP Post Office Protocol 3 over TLS/SSL
1025 Microsoft RPC TCP Microsoft operating systems tend to allocate one or more unsuspected, publicly exposed services (probably DCOM, but who knows) among the first handful of ports immediately above the end of the service port range (1024+).
1194 OpenVPN TCP, UDP OpenVPN
1337 WASTE unofficial WASTE Encrypted File Sharing Program
1589 Cisco VQP TCP, UDP Cisco VLAN Query Protocol (VQP)
1725 Steam UDP Valve Steam Client uses port 1725
2082 cPanel unofficial cPanel default
2083 radsec, cPanel TCP, UDP Secure RADIUS Service (radsec), cPanel default SSL
2483 Oracle DB TCP, UDP Oracle database listening for insecure client connections to the listener, replaces port 1521
2484 Oracle DB TCP, UDP Oracle database listening for SSL client connections to the listener
2967 Symantec AV TCP, UDP Symantec System Center agent (SSC-AGENT)
3074 XBOX Live TCP, UDP Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows – Live
3306 MySQL TCP MySQL database system
3724 World of Warcraft TCP, UDP Some Blizzard games, Unofficial Club Penguin Disney online game for kids
4664 Google Desktop unofficial Google Desktop Search
5432 PostgreSQL TCP PostgreSQL database system
5900 RFB/VNC Server TCP, UDP virtual Network Computing (VNC) Remote Frame Buffer RFB protocol
6665-6669 IRC TCP Internet Relay Chat .
6881 BitTorrent unofficial BitTorrent is part of the full range of ports used most often
6999 BitTorrent unofficial BitTorrent is part of the full range of ports used most often
6970 Quicktime unofficial QuickTime Streaming Server
8086 Kaspersky AV TCP Kaspersky AV Control Center
8087 Kaspersky AV UDP Kaspersky AV Control Center
8222 VMware Server TCP, UDP VMware Server Management User Interface (insecure Web interface).
9100 PDL TCP PDL Data Stream, used for printing to certain network printers.
10000 BackupExec unofficial Webmin, Web-based Unix/Linux system administration tool (default port)
12345 NetBus unofficial NetBus remote administration tool (often Trojan horse).
27374 Sub7 unofficial Sub7 default
31337 Back Orifice unofficial Back Orifice 2000 remote administration tools

High-end Port Numbers: If you see higher-end port numbers that look really strange, they’re typically used in AWS as virtual ports (more back-end interfacing) i.e : 49663 or 49667

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