Appendix E Services

Examples of Services (continued)

NAME

PROTOCOL

PORT(S)

DESCRIPTION

FTP

TCP

20

File Transfer Program, a program to enable

 

TCP

21

fast transfer of files, including large files that

 

may not be possible by e-mail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

User-Defined

2

Internet Group Multicast Protocol is used

(MULTICAST)

 

 

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 computers

 

on a LAN.

 

TCP/UDP

139

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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