CompTIA Security+ (SYO-501) Ports and Protocols 2018

Port 7

Echo Protocol

Port 21/20

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) data transfer

Port 22

Secure Shell (SSH), secure logins, file transfers (scp, sftp) and port forwarding

Port 23

Telnet protocol�unencrypted text communications

Port 25

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), used for email routing between mail servers

Port 49

TACACS+ Login Host protocol

Port 53

Domain Name System (DNS)

Port 69

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

Port 80

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Port 88

Kerberos-network authentication, uses tickets

Port 110

Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3)

Port 119

NNTP-Network News Transfer Protocol transports usenet articles

Port 135

RPC/epmap/dcom-scm are Microsoft End Point Mapper/DCE Endpoint Resolution used to locate DCOM ports Also known as Remote Procedure Call

Port 137-139

NetBIOS-NETBIOS Name, Datagram, and Session Services, respectively for name querying, sending data, NetBIOS connections

Port 143

IMAP-Internet Message Access Protocol receives e-mail with advantages over POP3

Port 161

SNMP-Simple Network Management Protocol for remotely monitoring network devices

Port 162

SNMPTRAP-Simple Network Managment Protocol Trap, traps and Inform Requests are sent to the SNMP Manager on this port

Port 389

LDAP-Lightweight Directory Access Protocol maintains directories of users and other objects

Port 443

HTTPS-Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure is for secure transfer of hypertext through web pages (uses TLS or SSL), SSL VPN

Port 445

SMB-Server Message Block provides shared access to files and other resource

Port 514

Syslog-Syslog Protocol is used for computer message logging especially for router and firewall logs. Secure version uses TCP as the transport mechanism and port 6514.

Port 636

LDAP over TLS/SSL-secure version of LDAP

Port 989/990

FTPS-FTP Secure uses SSL/TLS to secure FTP transmissions. 990 is the control port and 989 is the data port.

Port 1701

L2TP-Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is a VPN Protocol with no inherent security. Often used with IPsec.

Port 1723

PPTP-Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol-VPN protocol with built-in security

Port 3389

RDP-Remote Desktop Protocol (Microsoft Terminal Server) remotely views and controls other Windows systems.

67-68

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

514

Syslog

500

ISAKMP - Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol

1812-1813

RADIUS