Appendix I Services

Table 108 Examples of Services (continued)

NAME

PROTOCOL

PORT(S)

DESCRIPTION

H.323

TCP

1720

NetMeeting uses this protocol.

 

 

 

 

HTTP

TCP

80

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol - a client/

 

 

 

server protocol for the world wide web.

HTTPS

TCP

443

HTTPS is a secured http session often used

 

 

 

in e-commerce.

ICMP

User-Defined

1

Internet Control Message Protocol is often

 

 

 

used for diagnostic purposes.

ICQ

UDP

4000

This is a popular Internet chat program.

 

 

 

 

IGMP (MULTICAST)

User-Defined

2

Internet Group Multicast Protocol is used

 

 

 

when sending packets to a specific group of

 

 

 

hosts.

IKE

UDP

500

The Internet Key Exchange algorithm is

 

 

 

used for key distribution and management.

IMAP4

TCP

143

The Internet Message Access Protocol is

 

 

 

used for e-mail.

IMAP4S

TCP

993

This is a more secure version of IMAP4 that

 

 

 

runs over SSL.

IRC

TCP/UDP

6667

This is another popular Internet chat

 

 

 

program.

MSN Messenger

TCP

1863

Microsoft Networks’ messenger service

 

 

 

uses this protocol.

NetBIOS

TCP/UDP

137

The Network Basic Input/Output System is

 

TCP/UDP

138

used for communication between

 

TCP/UDP

139

computers in a LAN.

 

 

 

TCP/UDP

445

 

 

 

 

 

NEW-ICQ

TCP

5190

An Internet chat program.

 

 

 

 

NEWS

TCP

144

A protocol for news groups.

 

 

 

 

NFS

UDP

2049

Network File System - NFS is a client/

 

 

 

server distributed file service that provides

 

 

 

transparent file sharing for network

 

 

 

environments.

NNTP

TCP

119

Network News Transport Protocol is the

 

 

 

delivery mechanism for the USENET

 

 

 

newsgroup service.

PING

User-Defined

1

Packet INternet Groper is a protocol that

 

 

 

sends out ICMP echo requests to test

 

 

 

whether or not a remote host is reachable.

POP3

TCP

110

Post Office Protocol version 3 lets a client

 

 

 

computer get e-mail from a POP3 server

 

 

 

through a temporary connection (TCP/IP or

 

 

 

other).

POP3S

TCP

995

This is a more secure version of POP3 that

 

 

 

runs over SSL.

PPTP

TCP

1723

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol enables

 

 

 

secure transfer of data over public

 

 

 

networks. This is the control channel.

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