Common Ports Part 1 Flashcards

Common ports in Networking

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What Telnet stands for and what port it uses?

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Telnet stands for Telecommunication Network and uses TCP 23

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What SSH stands for and what port it uses?

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SSH stands for Secure Shell and uses TCP 22

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What DNS stands for and what port it uses?

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DNS stands for Domain Name System and uses UDP 53 port

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What SMTP stands for and what port it uses?

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SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and uses TCP 25 port

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What SFTP stands for and what port it uses?

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SFTP stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol and uses the same port as SSH (TCP 22)

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What FTP stands for and what ports it uses?

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FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and uses TCP 20 for active mode data and TCP 21 for control

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What TFTP stands for and what port it uses?

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TFTP stands for Trivial File Transfer Protocol and uses UDP 69 (NICE)

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What DHCP stands for and what port it uses?

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DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration and uses both UDP 67 and UDP 68 ports

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

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HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol and uses port TCP 80
HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure and uses port TCP 443

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What’s Telnet?

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Can login to devices
Has a console access
In-the-clear communication

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What’s Secure Shell

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Same as Telnet but modern

Encrypted communication link

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12
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What Domain Name System does?

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Domain Name System converts names to IP addresses

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What’s Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)?

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Server to server email transfer

Used to send mail form a device to a mail server

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What’s SFTP?

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Uses Secure Shell Transfer Protocol
Provides file system functionality such as resuming interrupted transfers, directory listings, remote file removal
Has encrypted communication

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What FTP does?

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Transfers files between systems
Authenticates with username and password
Full-featured functionality (list, add, delete, etc.)

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16
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What TFTP does?

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It’s a very simple file transfer application that reads and writes files
Has no authentication

17
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What’s DHCP

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It an automated configuration of IP address, subnet mask and other options

18
Q

What’s DHCP pooled?

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IP addresses are assigned in real-time from a pool

19
Q

What’s DHCP reservation?

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Addresses are assigned by MAC addresses in the DHCP server

Quickly manage addresses form one location

20
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What’s HTTP?

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Web server communication

21
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What’s HTTPS?

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Web server communication with encryption