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Any Port in a Datastorm

It seems like every day there is a new Internet service that uses some new set of poorly-documented, unregistered ports. I created this page to gather together all the information I could find about the ports used by these new services, for use by firewall administrators and other network monitors. "dyn" in the ports field denotes dynamically allocated port(s), usually in the range >=1024 <=65535 A name in the ports field (e.g. LDAP) indicates that service is also required A plus sign + in the ports field indicates the service may use a series of ports starting at the specified one An asterisk * in the Notes field indicates that the ports are IANA registered

When a specific port is registered it is usually assigned for both TCP and UDP even though only one or the other may be required. Where possible I have only shown the required ones. This is not intended to list old, well-documented services such as telnet, FTP etc. You can find these in the IANA list. You may contact me by email with any suggestions or corrections, or post a message to the TCP/IP Ports discussion.

Ports for Internet Services

Service SSH HTTP 22 80 TCP UDP Notes Secure Shell * HyperText Transfer Protocol * (e.g. for web browsing). Currently (200307-05) HTTP/1.1 is officially described in RFC 2616. * An interesting story. The name attached to this port in the IANA list, Earl Killian, says he shouldn't be. He says "I don't know what 81 is, or whether it is still in use." Since Mr. Killian doesn't know what HOSTS2 is/was, and with Postel gone, I wonder if there's anyone left in the world who knows what 81 was/is for and who actually requested it. * Another interesting story. The name attached to this port in the IANA list, Thomas M. Smith of Lockheed Martin, says Sorry... there is no publicly available information regarding the details of the XFER Utility and its use of tcp and udp port # 82. XFER employs a proprietary protocol which has not been disclosed. * registered as "epmap - DCE endpoint resolution". Used by Microsoft for RPC locator service. See additional information. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol * videoconferencing remote control * Service Location Protocol * Used by MacOS and NetWare. secure HTTP (SSL) *

HOSTS2 Name Server 81

81

XFER Utility

82

82

RPC Endpoint Mapper 135 LDAP MS NetMeeting Timbuktu SLP HTTPs 389 LDAP or ULP, dyn >=1024, 1503, H.323 HostCall, MS ICCP 407, 1417-1420 427 443

135 389 dyn >=1024 407 427

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LPD / printer ULP AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP) QuickTime 4 RTSP NNTPs Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) LDAPs Doom Remotely Possible (ControlIT) VMware Virtual Machine Console SOCKS OpenVPN Kazaa WASTE Lotus Notes Domino VocalTec Internet Phone Citrix ICA Virtual Places Xing StreamWorks Novell GroupWise (Remote Client) H.323 Host Call PPTP MS ICCP MS NetShow MSN Messenger Netopia netOctopus Big Brother ICU II iSpQ glimpseserver Distributed.Net RC5/DES SoulSeek Microsoft DirectX gaming (DirectPlay) 7 Microsoft DirectX gaming (DirectPlay) 8 MADCAP - Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol Netrek ShareDirect URBISNET

515 522 548 RTSP 554 563 631 636 666 799 902 1080 1194 1214 1337 1352

515 522 548 RTP-QT4

printing * LPD stands for Line Printer Daemon. Also see printing section. User Location Protocol (Microsoft) * * streaming audio, video * Real Time Streaming Protocol *. Currently (2003-07-05) described in RFC 2326. secure NNTP news (SSL) * print remotely to any IPP enabled printer through the Internet * The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) is based on IPP. Also see printing section. secure LDAP * (LDAP protocol over TLS/SSL) network game * remote control. CA ControlIT support. remote control and viewing of virtual machines. vmware-authd.

631 636 666

1194 1214 1337

internet proxy *. Also used by Trojans. * peer-to-peer file sharing * peer-to-peer. Also see InfoAnarchy WASTE FAQ. This port is officially registered for Men and Mice DNS (QuickDNS Remote). * videoconferencing * remote application access * conferencing *, also see VP voice streaming video * group collaboration * NOTE: Other features of GroupWise use many other ports. H.323 host call * virtual private network (VPN) * Note PPTP also uses the GRE protocol. However Microsoft says in Understanding PPTP: "PPTP can be used with most firewalls and routers by enabling traffic destined for port 1723 to be routed through the firewall or router." audio call control (Microsoft) * streaming video * instant messenging *. NOTE: For detailed info on ports for file transfers, voice and video, see the Windows and MSN Messenger section below. network management * network monitoring * videoconferencing. NOTE: security risk on TCP port 50000 videoconferencing. Note: support docs are inconsistent on what ports are required search engine distributed computation

1490, 6670, 25793 22555 1494, dyn >=1023 1533 1558 1677 1720 1723 1731 1755 1863 1917, 1921 1984 2000-2003 2000-2003 2001 2064 2234, 5534 1917 1984 1731 1755, dyn >=1024 <=5000 1677 1720 1604, dyn >=1023

2234, 5534 file sharing networked multiplayer games, * only 47624 is registered as "Direct Play 2300-2400, 47624 2300-2400 Server", if needed also see MSN Gaming Zone 2302-2400, networked multiplayer games, * only 6073 is registered as DirectPlay8, if 6073 needed also see MSN Gaming Zone 2535 2592 2705 2745 2535 * defined in RFC 2730 - Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP). Also used by Trojans. network game * peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing. Officially registered for Sun SDS Admin. * Alex Tronin reports was used for Urbis geolocation service... now not operational, but may be revived. Also used by Trojans.

2705 2745

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Borland Interbase 3050 database squid 3128 iSNS 3205 iSCSI default port 3260 Windows Remote 3389 Desktop Protocol (RDP) NetworkLens SSL 3410 Event Virtual Places Voice 3450, 8000-9000 Chat Apple iTunes music 3689 sharing (DAAP) World of Warcraft 3724 Mirabilis ICQ dyn >=1024 Blizzard / Battle.net Abacast GlobalChat client, server PGPfone PlayLink radmin Yahoo Messenger Voice Chat GnomeMeeting Yahoo Messenger messages SIP Apple iChat AV Yahoo Messenger 5100 Webcams AOL Instant Messenger 5190 (AIM) AIM Video IM AOL ICQ AOL XMPP / Jabber Qnext iChat local traffic Multicast DNS

3050 3130 3205 3260

* gds_db. See CERT Advisory CA-2001-01 for potential security risk. web proxy cache. Also used by Trojans. * Internet Storage Name Service, see iSCSI section * SCSI over IP, see iSCSI section * registered as ms-wbt-server. RDP 5.1 is the current version. See below for more information. Remote Desktop Web Connection also uses HTTP. * Also used by Trojans. voice chat, also see Virtual Places

3410

3689

Digital Audio Access Protocol *

online game * 4000 locator, chat (note: see newer AOL ICQ) 4000, 6112 4000, 6112-6119 network gaming - support (captured 2001-11-11), proxy and firewall info -6119 4000-4100, 4500, peer-to-peer audio and video streaming. NOTE: This software will create 9000-9100 OUTGOING streams to other users if it can. 4020 4020 chat rooms, used to be called ichat secure phone online games remote control *

4747 4747, 4748, 10090 6144 4899 4899 5000-5001 H.323 HostCall, 30000-30010 5050 5060 5060 SIP, RTPiChatAV

5000-5010 voice chat 5000-5003, audio and videoconference. 5000-5003 is RTP and RTCP range for this 5010-5013 app. messaging. NOTE: It will try ports 5050, 80, any port. Session Initiation Protocol *. For audio and video. Currently (2003-07-05) see RFCs 3261, 3262, 3263, 3264, 3265 audio and video conferencing. May also need iChat local port. video 5190

Dialpad.com HotLine SGI ESP HTTP InfoSeek Personal Agent pcAnywhere eShare Chat Server eShare Web Tour eShare Admin Server

America OnLine * Also used by Apple iChat (in AIM compatibility mode). 1024video chat. It is unclear from their FAQ whether you need to open both 1024-5000 ? 5000 ? TCP and UDP ports. 5190, dyn >=1024 messaging 5190-5193 5190-5193 America OnLine * * Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol. Also see Using Jabber 5222, 5269 5222, 5269 behind firewalls. Defined by XMPP specs (RFCs now issued), specs created by IETF group. audio / video conference, fileshare, everything. Port 5236 is officially 5235-5237 5235-5237 assigned to "padl2sim". 5298 5298 Some Rendezvous thing. * Mac OS X 10.2: About Multicast DNS. Related to Zeroconf which 5353 5353 Apple has implemented as Rendezvous. (Note: the regular Domain Name Service port is 53.) 5354, 7175, 8680dyn telephony 8890, 9000, 9450>=1024 9460 5500-5503 peer-to-peer filesharing. * SGI Embedded Support Partner (ESP) web server. Also used by Trojans, 5554 5554 see SGI Security Advisory 20040501-01-I. * I don't know if InfoSeek Personal Agent exists anymore. This port is 5555 5555 commonly used by HP OpenView Storage Data Protector (formerly HP OmniBack). 5631 5632 remote control * 5760 5761 5764

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VNC Blizzard Battle.net GNUtella Netscape Conference Danware NetOp Remote Control common IRC Net2Phone CommCenter BitTorrent Blizzard Downloader RTP-QT4 VDOLive

5800+, 5900+ 6112 6346, 6347 H.323 HostCall, 6498, 6502 6502 6665-6669 selected 6881-6889, 6969 World of Warcraft, Battle.net and BitTorrent

remote control 6112 online gaming 6346, 6347 peer-to-peer file sharing * 2327 6502 6801, selected audioconferencing remote control Internet Relay Chat * telephony, admin should select one TCP and UDP port in the range 13000. Same ports are used by Yahoo Messenger - PC-to-Phone. distributed data download, newer versions TCP 6881-6999. Alternate FAQ link. downloads patches for World of Warcraft 6970-6999 Realtime Transport Protocol. (These ports are specifically for the Apple QT4 version.)

Real Audio & Video CU-SeeMe, Enhanced CUSM common HTTP Apache JServ Protocol 8007 v12 (ajp12) Apache JServ Protocol 8009 v13 (ajp13) Grouper 8038 PDL datastream MonkeyCom iVisit The Palace common Palace NDMP Amanda Yahoo Games Italk

userstreaming video specified RTSP, 7070 6970-7170 streaming audio and video 7648-7652, videoconferencing 7648, 7649, LDAP 24032 8000, 8001, 8080 7000 8007 8009 8038 9100 (default port) See Workers HowTo for config info. (default port) e.g. Apache mod_jk Tomcat connector using ajp13. See Workers HowTo for config info. peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing printing * PDL is Page Description Language. Used commonly by HP printers and by Apple. Also see printing section. * video-chat, also used by Trojans

9100 9898

9992-9997 9998 10000 10080 11999 12345

RTP-iChatAV RTP Palm Computing Network Hotsync Liquid Audio FreeTel VocalTec Internet Conference Quake MSN Gaming Zone Sygate Manager 22555 26000 28800-29100 14237 18888

9898 9943, 9945, videoconferencing 56768 9992-9997 chat environment * chat environment Network Data Management Protocol *. Used for storage backup. Also 10000 used by Trojans. 10080 backup software *. Also used by Trojans. network games network chat supporting multiple access methods * Appears mostly used in Japan. There are many other applications calling themselves "italk". 12345 TrendMicro OfficeScan antivirus also uses this port. Commonly used by Trojans. 16384Used by Apple iChat AV. 16403 Realtime Transport Protocol. RTP in general is described in RFC 3550. 16384This range is not registered (it never could be, being so broad) but it seems 32767 to be somewhat common. See Are there specific ports assigned to RTP? 14238 2130021303 22555 26000 2880029100 39213 data synchronization streaming audio audioconferencing audio & document conferencing * network game * network gaming (zone.com, zone.msn.com), also see DirectPlay 7 and DirectPlay 8

iSCSI
iSCSI is specified in RFC 3720 - Internet Small Computer Systems Interface.

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The well-known user TCP port number for iSCSI connections assigned by IANA is 3260 and this is the default iSCSI port. Implementations needing a system TCP port number may use port 860, the port assigned by IANA as the iSCSI system port; however in order to use port 860, it MUST be explicitly specified - implementations MUST NOT default to use of port 860, as 3260 is the only allowed default. Also associated with iSCSI is iSNS, Internet Storage Name Service, on port 3205. These services essentially open up your storage to the Internet in ways even more deep than CIFS, NFS and other file-level sharing services. Therefore you should be very careful about security and may want to block these ports completely, or tightly limit access to them.

Printing
There are several port numbers that may be involved with printing. Print Server Port Numbers is a useful guide. The three main ones are LPD ("printer") on port 515, IPP on 631, and PDL-datastream on 9100. Apple MacOS X Rendezvous Printing (PDF) will discover printers that are advertising their services. They give the example
For example, the Apple LaserWriter 8500 would register the following services, assuming the default domain is "local." Apple LaserWriter 8500._printer._tcp.local. Port 515 Apple LaserWriter 8500._ipp._tcp.local. Port 631 Apple LaserWriter 8500._pdl-datastream._tcp.local. Port 9100

Napster
After examining Napster, I decided it was such a complex protocol that it deserved its own section. The first thing to be aware of is that there are two versions of Napster. The "original" flavor is what most people will be interested in. This is the full music file-sharing service. This original service provided by Napster.com has now been shut down. Napster.com will be providing a new service with much more controlled music sharing. However, the original protocol lives on, and the protocol has been analyzed so that people could write compatible applications for many different operating systems. There is information on the protocol (and how to get it through your firewall) from: Microsoft Support Q275236 opennap.sourceforge.net david.weekly.org Here is a summary of the TCP ports it uses. I have put the notation (primary) after the main port, if more than one port is listed. metaserver / redirector: 8875 directory servers: 4444, 5555, 6666, 7777, 8888 (primary) client: 6600 to 6699 (primary)

PalTalk
PalTalk is another messy service that uses many ports, more than I want to summarize here. Visit their support page: PalTalk Networking Support.

Ultima Online
Information from What are the port numbers I need to play UO behind a firewall or proxy server? Service Game Login Patch UO Messenger Patch Ports Notes 5001-5010 7775-7777 8888 overlaps with common HTTP port 8800-8900 includes port 8866 which is also used by Trojan 9999

Windows and MSN Messenger Application

A related note: the Messenger Service that runs at the Windows SERVICE level is different from the Windows Messenger or MSN Messenger application. For information about the Messenger APPLICATION see For file transfer or voice chat ports and NAT information for MSN Messenger 3 see MS Support article Q278887.

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q324214 - You cannot make phone calls or start voice or video conversations with Windows Messenger Windows Messenger 5.0 in Windows XP: Working With Firewalls and Network Address Translation Devices Microsoft Support WebCast - Microsoft Windows Messenger for Windows XP: New Features, Common Issues, and Troubleshooting July 17, 2002 Service Windows Messenger - voice (computer to phone) MSN Messenger - file transfers 68916900 6901 TCP UDP 2001-2120, 6801, 6901 Notes from Q324214. NOTE: 6801 is Net2Phone. from Q278887. Allows up to 10 simultaneous transfers. from Q278887

MSN Messenger - voice communications (computer to 6901 computer)

For Windows Messenger in a non-UPnP environment, unfortunately Microsoft requires dynamic UDP ports across a very wide range. This is a tremendous security risk. Try to establish a UPnP environment if possible. Nevertheless, here is what they say To support [audio and video] in both directions through the firewall, all UDP ports between 5004 and 65535 must be opened to allow signaling (SIP) and media streams (RTP) to traverse the firewall. Also note: I don't know how much information for WINDOWS Messenger applies to MSN Messenger and vice versa. I also don't know how much information for MSN Messenger Windows version applies to MSN Messenger Mac version. And last but not least, there are multiple different versions of Messenger, which may differ in various ways.

Email Ports
Email is sent around the Internet mainly from server to server using SMTP. Once delivered, clients may access it in a variety of ways, including POP3 and IMAP. This section DOES NOT cover Microsoft Exchange or other proprietary mail protocols. The major upcoming change to email is the use of TCP port 587 "submission" for email, as defined in section 3.1 of RFC 2476 Message Submission. This is planned to replace the traditional use of TCP port 25, SMTP. 3.1. Submission Identification Port 587 is reserved for email message submission as specified in this document. Messages received on this port are defined to be submissions. The protocol used is ESMTP [SMTP-MTA, ESMTP], with additional restrictions as specified here. While most email clients and servers can be configured to use port 587 instead of 25, there are cases where this is not possible or convenient. A site MAY choose to use port 25 for message submission, by designating some hosts to be MSAs and others to be MTAs. This initiative is being promoted by, amongst others, the Anti-Spam Technical Alliance. See Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Technology and Policy Proposal, Version 1.0, 22 June 2004 (PDF) We further recommend that SMTP authentication be implemented on the standard Mail Submission Port, port 587, and that ISPs encourage their customers to switch their mail client software (for example, MS Outlook, Eudora, and so on) to this port. Using this port will provide seamless connectivity that does not depend on if a network allows port 25 traffic. In addition to SMTP, the other main email protocols are POP3 and IMAP, these are protocols for email clients to access their mailboxes. There are many other topics that are outside the scope of this page. For example, email addresses are described in RFC 2822 (obsoletes RFC 822), and SMTP authentication is covered in RFC 2554 - SMTP Service Extension for Authentication. Transport Layer Security (TLS) is covered in RFC 2246 - The TLS Protocol Version 1.0. SMTP over TLS is covered in RFC 3207 - SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security. The Network Sorcery RFC Sourcebook entry for SMTP also links to many relevant RFCs that cover the details of the protocol itself. Service SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTPs - secure SMTP TCP Port 25 Notes * As part of the anti-spam best practices, you should block this outgoing for any machine that doesn't need to send email directly. Port 465 shows up Appendix A of the 1996 non-standard standard The SSL Protocol Version 3.0 as "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol with SSL". Unfortunately, it's not registered for SMTPs, it's registered for URD - "URL Rendesvous Directory for SSM" by Cisco. The recommended approach, at least for authentication, is to use START TLS encryption on submission port 587. * See RFC 2476 - Message Submission. * obsolete *

465

(SMTP email) 587 submission POP2 - Post Office 109 Protocol 2 POP3 - Post Office 110 Protocol 3

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POP3s - secure POP3 IMAP3 Interactive Mail Access Protocol v3 IMAP4 - Internet Message Access Protocol 4 IMAPs - secure IMAP

995 220

* Full description is "pop3 protocol over TLS/SSL (was spop3)". * obsolete

143 993

* Also referred to by version as IMAP4. * Full description is "imap4 protocol over TLS/SSL". Use 993 instead of TCP port 585 "imap4-ssl", which is deprecated.

Oracle Database TCP/IP Ports

I have a separate page for Oracle ports.

Obsolete Services
Apple released QuickTime 4 some time ago. I am unsure of the status of their older QuickTime Conferencing (MovieTalk) protocol. All of the applications that supported it (Connectix VideoPhone, Apple VideoPhone, Netscape CoolTalk, QuickTime TV) are no longer supported and the QuickTime Conferencing website is gone. Service TCP UDP QuickTime Conferencing (MovieTalk) 458 458, dyn >= 7000 MovieTalk MovieTalk Apple VideoPhone MovieTalk MovieTalk, dyn >=1024, 4242 Connectix VideoPhone Netscape CoolTalk 6499, 6500 13000 Notes videoconferencing * videoconferencing * videoconferencing videoconferencing

Official TCP/IP Port Assignments

IANA - TCP/IP Port Assignments (585K) Also note, although you will sometimes see mention of RFC 1700 "Assigned Numbers" (dated October 1994) it was long ago obsoleted by the official IANA list. Do not use RFC 1700 as a reference. This fact is now officially documented by RFC 3232 "Assigned Numbers: RFC 1700 is Replaced by an On-line Database". Network Sorcery lists the IANA TCP/UDP Ports with links to pages describing some protocols in detail, as part of its incredibly useful RFC Sourcebook.

Searchable Port Lists

These cover registered, unregistered, and trojan ports - note that many ports have legitimate, required uses, even though people have also used them as trojan ports. Andrew Daviel's Network Service Query is a very nice port metasearch engine Tantalo.net Ports database Neohapsis Ports List PC Flank Ports Database portsdb.org Ports Database Snort Ports Database SecurityStats.Com TCP/UDP Port Search Dave's Port Lookup lists registered services along with known trojans WeetHet in English or in Dutch lists both registered and trojan ports UpOneLevel Network Port listing Techeez Port Search

Understanding TCP/IP
The IBM RedBooks are an amazing resource for many technical topics. They have a TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview available as HTML or 7.7 MB PDF. Cisco also provides excellent information online. Internet Protocols is just one section of their Internetworking Technology Handbook. There is information on IP (the protocol on which TCP and UDP are built) in Internet Core Protocols: The Definitive Guide Sample Chapter 2: The Internet Protocol [IP].

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Articles and Related Resources

Windows
This section discusses specific port information related to Microsoft or provided by them. If you are looking for information about Windows firewalls, including XP Service Pack 2, see the Windows Security Software and Built-in Windows Firewalls sections of my Trojan TCP/IP Ports page. Microsoft has announced a new Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2, it replaces the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) in previous versions of Windows. MS KB 842242 - Some programs seem to stop working after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 has a section "Identifying and opening ports" and also a fairly extensive list of ports in "Programs that may require you to open ports manually", although for all of the games it says "see the documentation" in the Ports column which is not exactly helpful information. How to Open Ports in the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall has a list of ports followed by instructions Port Requirements for the Microsoft Windows Server System (KB 832017) TCP and UDP Port Assignments (Windows 2000 Server - Resource Kits - TCP/IP Core Networking Guide - Appendix C) NetBIOS Over TCP/IP [original page removed; using archive.org version] Firewall Information - Windows Media Technologies Microsoft has provided a good list of Windows NT, Terminal Server, and Microsoft Exchange Services Use TCP/IP Ports TCP/UDP Ports Used By Exchange 2000 Server Active Directory Replication over Firewalls TCP, UDP, and RPC Ports Used by MSMQ (Microsoft Message Queue Server) A List of the Windows 2000 Domain Controller Default Ports

More information about Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

As indicated in the RDP section above, this protocol uses a registered TCP port. It is used for XP Pro Remote Desktop and XP Remote Assistance (read Administering Remote Assistance for a very good overview of firewall, NAT and blocking issues). Also used for WinNT4 Terminal Server, Win2000 Terminal Services, and Win .NET Server 2003 Terminal Server.

Windows Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and Distributed COM (DCOM)

In some cases, Microsoft uses port 135 as an RPC Endpoint Mapper. Runs as RPCSS on (some versions of?) Windows. This is a sort of "RPC directory" service which can be used to lookup what ports other services are running on. For some additional information, see Windows 2000 Network Architecture: Remote Procedure Call and NT Gatekeeper: RPC and Firewall Configuration. MS-RPC on port 135 is required for some Exchange Server and Active Directory communications. See e.g. TCP Ports and Microsoft Exchange: In-depth Discussion and Restricting Active Directory Replication Traffic to a Specific Port. However this port also poses a security risk, as indicated in the NET SEND section of my broadband security page. UPDATE 2003-08-13: Also see the Blaster Worm section for information about this additional security risk. Additional information: Using Distributed COM with Firewalls RPC and Firewall Configuration Sidebar: RPC Dynamic Port Allocation

Mac
OpenDoor (makers of DoorStop) have a nice list of MacOS-related ports, with hyperlinks to relevant information. Apple support has provided a list of "Well Known" TCP and UDP Ports Used By Apple Software Products. Although it doesn't give any port numbers, you may find Rendezvous service types being used by Mac OS X useful.

Novell (NetWare)
Novell Documentation: NetWare 6 - Port Number Assignments Matrix of Ports used in NetWare 6 - TID 10065719 TCP/IP Port Numbers used by Novell Products - TID 10014320 (NetWare 5.0 and earlier)

IBM (WebSphere)
Firewall Port Assignments in WebSphere Application Server V5

IP Telephony / Voice over IP (VoIP) / H.323 / SIP / RTP

Some applications that use H.323 include: ohphone, ohphoneX, ...

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Getting H.323 audio/video conferencing through firewalls is particularly problematic. I have used Google cache to rescue an Intel document The Problems and Pitfalls of Getting H.323 Safely Through Firewalls. Note in particular that RTCP (Real Time Control Protocol) has no fixed port, an RTCP session is paired with an RTP session, if you have an RTP stream on even numbered UDP port x, RTCP is on x + 1. IP Ports and Protocols used by H.323 Devices Cisco: IP Telephony / VoIP Traversal of NAT and Firewall

General
The white paper Cisco PIX Firewall and Stateful Firewall Security contains some useful information about the ports and connection protocols for VDOnet, CU-SeeMe, and RealAudio. Ed Bott's article Block those ports! contains some useful information, and also a kind review of this web page. You can check out Internet Firewalls: Frequently Asked Questions. As of this writing it was last updated 2000/12/01 but it still has lots of good information. NetGear's Applications Port List lists a lot of games. Tim Williams' list of Ports Used by Computer Games has lots of good info. By popular request: a page on Blocking Chat Programs. More and more good resources are becoming available, particularly for people with home networks. If you haven't found what you were looking for here, you can try: PracticallyNetworked: Handling Special Applications Special Applications - Opening Ports Special Applications - Port List HomeNetHelp: Explaining DMZs and Port Forwarding Port list for running a server through a router Port list for running a game server through a router or firewall

Network Protocols
Note that certain services such as IPSec and Microsoft's PPTP use non-TCP/UDP protocols so they may be more complicated to use. In particular, PPTP uses GRE (protocol 47) and IPSec uses ESP (protocol 50) and AH (protocol 51). Protocol numbers are not the same as port numbers. IANA maintains the Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers.

Books
TCP/IP books from Amazon (USA)

Related Information: Trojan TCP/IP Ports, Free Firewall Book

Those of you concerned with Internet security may wish to also check out my companion page, Trojan TCP/IP Ports for a list of ports used by trojan horse and backdoor programs. Also I have a link to firewall books there (including a free book).

Questions
If you have questions, comments or suggestions specifically about this page or TCP/IP ports then you can email me or use my QuickTopic: Discuss TCP/IP Ports. For firewall questions I suggest the USENET group comp.security.firewalls via groups.google.com or your newsreader. If your question is Microsoft-specific, you may want to try the USENET microsoft.public groups, in particular: microsoft.public.msn.messenger: Google Groups or newsreader microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger: Google Groups or newsreader microsoft.public.internet.mschat: Google Groups or newsreader microsoft.public.internet.netmeeting: Google Groups or newsreader

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