20 FTP data (File Transfer Protocol) use of these ports and thereby try to be

21 FTP (File Transfer Protocol) careful and avoid stomping on each

22 SSH (Secure Shell) other. Here are some common ports and
23 Telnet their programs.
25 SMTP (Send Mail Transfer Protocol)
43 whois 1243 SubSeven (Trojan - security risk!)
53 DNS (Domain Name Service) 1352 Lotus Notes
68 DHCP (Dynamic Host Control 1433 Microsoft SQL Server
Protocol) 1494 Citrix ICA Protocol
79 Finger 1521 Oracle SQL
80 HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) 1604 Citrix ICA / Microsoft Terminal
110 POP3 (Post Office Protocol, version Server
3) 2049 NFS (Network File System)
115 SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) 3306 mySQL
119 NNTP (Network New Transfer 4000 ICQ
Protocol) 5010 Yahoo! Messenger
123 NTP (Network Time Protocol) 5190 AOL Instant Messenger
137 NetBIOS-ns 5632 PCAnywhere
138 NetBIOS-dgm 5800 VNC
139 NetBIOS 5900 VNC
143 IMAP (Internet Message Access 6000 X Windowing System
Protocol) 6699 Napster
161 SNMP (Simple Network 6776 SubSeven (Trojan - security risk!)
Management Protocol) 7070 RealServer / QuickTime
194 IRC (Internet Relay Chat) 7778 Unreal
220 IMAP3 (Internet Message Access 8080 HTTP
Protocol 3) 26000 Quake
389 LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access 27010 Half-Life
Protocol) 27960 Quake III
443 SSL (Secure Socket Layer) 31337 BackOrifice (Trojan - security
445 SMB (NetBIOS over TCP) risk!)
666 Doom
993 SIMAP (Secure Internet Message
Access Protocol)
995 SPOP (Secure Post Office Protocol)

Ports between 1024 and 29151 are

known as the Registered Ports. Basically,
programs are supposed to register their
What is Telnet? - Definition : A network protocol that allows a user on one
computer to log into another computer that is part of the same network.

What is Telnet?

Telnet is a user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote
computers. Through Telnet, an administrator or another user can access someone
else's computer remotely. On the Web, HTTP and FTP protocols allow you to
request specific files from remote computers, but not to actually be logged on as
a user of that computer. With Telnet, you log on as a regular user with whatever
privileges you may have been granted to the specific application and data on that
computer.

What is File Transfer Protocol (FTP)?

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer
computer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as
the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and uses separate control
and data connections between the client and the server.

What is File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)?

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is an Internet software utility for transferring
files that is simpler to use than the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) but less capable.
It is used where user authentication and directory visibility are not required.

What is Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)?

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a popular protocol for network

management. It is used for collecting information from, and configuring,
network devices, such as servers, printers, hubs, switches, and routers on an
Internet Protocol (IP) network.

What is Network File System (NFS)?

The Network File System (NFS) is a client/server application that lets a computer
user view and optionally store and update file on a remote computer as though
they were on the user's own computer. The user's system needs to have an NFS
client and the other computer needs the NFS server.
What is Network File System (DNS)?

Domain Name Servers (DNS) are the Internet's equivalent of a phone book. They
maintain a directory of domain names and translate them to Internet Protocol
(IP) addresses. This is necessary because, although domain names are easy for
people to remember, computers or machines, access websites based on IP
addresses.

What is DHCP?

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client/server protocol that

automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other
related configuration information such as the subnet mask and default gateway.
RFCs 2131 and 2132 define DHCP as an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
standard based on Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), a protocol with which DHCP
shares many implementation details. DHCP allows hosts to obtain necessary
TCP/IP configuration information from a DHCP server.

The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system includes a DHCP Server

service, which is an optional networking component. All Windows-based clients
include the DHCP client as part of TCP/IP, including Windows Server 2003,
Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows
Millennium Edition (Windows Me), and Windows 98.

What is TCP (Transmission Control Protocol ?

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a standard that defines how to establish

and maintain a network conversation via which application programs can
exchange data. TCP works with the Internet Protocol (IP), which defines how
computers send packets of data to each other. Together, TCP and IP are the
basic rules defining the Internet. TCP is defined by the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) in the Request for Comment (RFC) standards document number
793.

What is User Datagram Protocol (UDP)?

The User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core members of the Internet
protocol suite. The protocol was designed by David P. Reed in 1980 and formally
defined in RFC 768. UDP uses a simple connectionless transmission model with a
minimum of protocol mechanism.

What is IP address ?
a unique string of numbers separated by full stops that identifies each computer
using the Internet Protocol to communicate over a network.

The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers

separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.160.10.240
could be an IP address.

Within an isolated network, you can assign IP addresses at random as long as

each one is unique. However, connecting a private network to the Internet
requires using registered IP addresses (called Internet addresses) to avoid
duplicates.

What is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)?

SMTP is a communication protocol for mail servers to transmit email over the
Internet.

SMTP is part of the application layer of the TCP/IP protocol. Using a process
called "store and forward," SMTP moves your email on and across networks. It
works closely with something called the Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) to send your
communication to the right computer and email inbox.

SMTP at work.

SMTP provides a set of codes that simplify the communication of email messages
between email servers (the network computer that handles email coming to you
and going out). It's a kind of shorthand that allows a server to break up different
parts of a message into categories the other server can understand. When you
send a message out, it's turned into strings of text that are separated by the code
words (or numbers) that identify the purpose of each section.

SMTP provides those codes, and email server software is designed to understand
what they mean. As each message travels towards its destination, it sometimes
passes through a number of computers as well as their individual MTAs. As it
does, it's briefly stored before it moves on to the next computer in the path. Think
of it as a letter going through different hands as it winds its way to the right
mailbox.