Ports

Question 1

What port is FTP and what is FTP?

Answer 1

Port 20 and 21

FTP transfer computer files between a client and server in a computer network.

Insecure method

Data is sent in the clear

Question 2

What is port SSH?

Answer 2

22

SSH is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an insecure network.

Question 3

What port is SFTP?

Answer 3

22

SFTP provides file transfer, file access, and file management over any reliable data stream.

Question 4

What port is Telnet on?

Answer 4

23

Telnet provides bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication using a virtual terminal connection.

Insecure

Question 5

What port is SMTP on?

Answer 5

25

Internet standard for sending electronic mail.

Question 6

What port is DNS on?

Answer 6

53

Converts domain name to IP addresses.

Question 7

What port is DHCP on?

Answer 7

67, 68

DHCP Server dynamically assigns an IP to a networked device.

Question 8

What port is TFTP on?

Answer 8

69

TFTP transmit files in both directions of a client-server application.

A strepped down version of FTP

Question 9

What port is HTTP on?

Answer 9

80

The web WWW

Question 10

What port is POP3 on?

Answer 10

110

Used by local email clients to retrieve emails from a remote server over TCP/IP connection

Question 11

What port is NTP on?

Answer 11

123

Provides clock synchronization

Question 12

What port is NetBIOS on?

Answer 12

139

Network basic input/output system.

Provides services allowing applications on separate computers to communicate over a local area network for file and printer share.

Question 13

What port is IMAP on?

Answer 13

143

Allow clients to retrieve email messages from a mail server over TCP/IP connection.

Allow the user to view and manipulate the message as if they're stored locally.

Question 14

What port is SNMP on?

Answer 14

161

Simple Network Management provides collection and organization of information about devices on IP networks

Can modify that information to change device behavior

Question 15

What port is LDAP

Answer 15

389

Lightweight Directory Access

Opened, vendor-neutral, industry standard for accessing and maintaining distributed information services. Uses In AD.

Question 16

What port is HTTPS?

Answer 16

443

A more secure version of HTTP

Question 17

What port is SMB on?

Answer 17

445

Server Message Block provides shared access to files, printers, and miscellaneous communications between devices on a network.

Question 18

What port is SYSLOG on?

Answer 18

514

System Logging Protocol is used to send logging data back to the server.

Question 19

What port is SMTP TLS on?

Answer 19

587

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Transport Layer Security secures and encrypts email

Question 20

What port is LDAP Secure on?

Answer 20

636

LDAP Secure

Opened, vendor-neutral, industry standard for accessing and maintaining distributed information services. Uses In AD.

Provides Secure Directory Services

Question 21

What port is SSL IMAP over SSL

Answer 21

993

Secure encrypted way to receive emails

Internet Message Access Protocol I've SSL IMAP over SSL

Question 22

What port is SSL POP3 over SSL

Answer 22

995

Secure and encrypted way to receive emails

Question 23

What port is SQL ?

Answer 23

1433

Structured Query Language Protocol Is used for communication from a client to the database engine.

Question 24

What port is SQLnet Protocol?

Answer 24

1521

Use for communication from a client to an Oracle database.

Question 25

What port is MySQL?

Answer 25

3306

Used for communication from a client to the MySQL database engine.

Question 26

What port is RDP?

Answer 26

3389

Provides user with a GUI to connect to another PC

Question 27

What port is SIP on

Answer 27

5060 and 5061

Provides signaling and controlling multimedia communicationsessions in application.

Used for internet telephony for voice and video calls. VOIP