Common Network Ports 2.1 Part 2

Question 1

What does FTP stand for and what ports does it use?

Answer 1

File transfer protocol and it uses ports TCP/20(active mode) TCP/21(control).

Question 2

What does SSH stand for and what port does it use?

Answer 2

Secure shell and TCP/23

Question 3

What does SSH do?

Answer 3

Provides encrypted communication

Question 4

What does telnet stand for and what port does it use?

Answer 4

Telecommunication network and its unencrypted communication port number TCP/23

Question 5

What does DNS stand for and what port does it use?

Answer 5

domain name system and UDP/53

Question 6

What does HTTP and HTTPS stand for and what ports do they use?

Answer 6

hypertext transfer protocol
TCP/80
hypertext transfer protocol secure
TCP/443

Question 7

What does RDP stand for and what port does it use?

Answer 7

Remote Desktop protocol

TCP/3389

Question 8

What does DNS do?

Answer 8

Coverts site name into IP address to take you to the website

Question 9

What does SMB stand for and what does it do?&

Answer 9

Server message block since windows doesn’t use FTP to transfer files it uses its own format

Question 10

What does AFP stand for and what port does it use?

Answer 10

Apple filing protocol and it uses TCP/548

Question 11

What does SLP stand for and what ports does it use?

Answer 11

Service location protocol TCP/427 and UDP/427

Question 12

what does DHCP stand for and what ports does it use?

Answer 12

Dynamic host configuration protocol UDP/67 and UDP/68

Question 13

What is the difference between DHCP and DHCP reservation?

Answer 13

DHCP gives you a IP address from a pool and must renew after a limited time and DHCP gives you a one set IP address from one location

Question 14

What does LDAP stand for and what port does it use?

Answer 14

Lightweight directory access protocol

TCP/389

Question 15

what does SNMP stand for and what port does it use?

Answer 15

Simple network management protocol
UDP/161
UDP/162