Common Ports

HTTP- commonly uses a well known TCP port NO 80

HTTPs- commonly uses a well known TCP port NO 443

SSH – Secure shell

 It uses for encrypted communication link – PORT- TCP/22

 Looks and acts the same as Telnet.
 it encrypted all information even user name & passwords

DNS- Domain name system

 It converts names to IP address –PORT- UDP/53

 IP address are difficult to remember that why we use DNS servers .

SMTP- Simple mail transfer protocol

 It uses for server to server email transfer- PORT-TCP/25

 It also used to send mail from a device to mail server (commonly configured on mobile
devices and email clients)
 Other protocols are also used for client to receive email(IMPA- and POP3)

SFTP- Secure file transfer protocol

 It uses the SSH file transfer protocol with same port- PORT- TCP/22
 Provide file system functionality – resuming interrupted transfer, Directory listing and
remote file removal.
 Encrypted communication by using SSH

FTP- File transfer protocol

 It uses two portotocols- TCP/20(Active mode data) and TCP/21(Control)

 Transfer filr between the system
 Authentication with Username and Passwords
 Full featured functionality (List, Add, delete etc)
TFTP- Trivial File transfer protocol

 It uses PORT- UDP/69

 Very simple file transfer application – Read & write the files
 No authentication
 Not used on production systems

DHCP- Dynamic host configuration protocol

 It provides automated configuration of IP address, subnet mask, DNS settings and other
options with IP configurations.
 It uses the PORT –UDP/67& 68 to communicate
 We require DHCP server in our premises – may be standalone or the
 It provides dynamic/ Polled IP address configuration inside of the DHCP server.
 IP address are assigned in real time from a pool.
 Each system is given lease and must renew at set intervals.

HTTP & HTTPS

SNMP- Simple network management protocol

RDP- Remote desktop protocol

DNS – Potocols