Appendix C. Lists of Reserved Ports,

ICMP Types and Codes, and Internet

Protocols

The following lists discuss the most important ports and the server services that belong to them, and the different types of ICMP messages. Client programs usually use ports between 1024 and 65535.

There are also lists over Internet protocols, reserved IP addresses and a mapping between netmasks and IP address intervals.

List of the most important reserved ports

This is a list of important ports. See /etc/services and http://www.iana.org/.

Name

Port/protocol

Description

echo

7/tcp

 

echo

7/udp

 

discard

9/tcp

sink null

discard

9/udp

sink null

systat

11/tcp

users

daytime

13/tcp

 

daytime

13/udp

 

netstat

15/tcp

 

qotd

17/tcp

quote

chargen

19/tcp

ttytst source

chargen

19/udp

ttytst source

ftp-data

20/tcp

ftp data transfer

ftp

21/tcp

ftp command

ssh

22/tcp

Secure Shell

telnet

23/tcp

 

smtp

25/tcp

mail

time

37/tcp

timeserver

time

37/udp

timeserver

rlp

39/udp

resource location

nicname

43/tcp

who is

domain

53/tcp

domain name server

domain

53/udp

domain name server

sql*net

66/tcp

Oracle SQL*net

sql*net

66/udp

Oracle SQL*net

bootps

67/tcp

bootp server

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HP VCX Software manual List of the most important reserved ports, Name Port/protocol Description