Port Number/Level Name Comments
1tcpmux TCP port service multiplexing
5rje Remote Job Portal
7echo Echo Service
9discard Empty service for connection testing
11systat System status for enumerating connected ports
13daytime Sends date and time to requesting hosts
17qotd Sends a daily motto to connected hosts
18msp Message sending protocols
19chargen Character generation service; sends an endless stream of characters
20ftp-data FTP Data Port
21ftp File Transfer Protocol (FTP) port; sometimes used by File Service Protocol (FSP)
22ssh Secure Shell (SSH) service
23telnet Telnet service
25smtp Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
37time Time Protocol
39rlp Resource Locator Protocol
42nameserver Internet Name Service
43nicname WHOIS directory service
49tacacs Terminal Access Controller access control system for TCP/IP-based authentication and access
50re-mail-ck Remote mail checking protocols
53domain Domain name services (e.g. BIND)
63whois++ WHOIS++, extended WHOIS services
67bootps Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) services; also used by Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services
68bootpc Bootstrap (BOOTP) clients; also used by Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) clients
69tftp Small File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
70gopher Gopher Internet document search and retrieval
71netrjs-1 Remote Job Service
72netrjs-2 Remote Job Service
73netrjs-3 Remote Work Service
73netrjs-4 Remote Job Service
79finger Finger service for user contact information
80http Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for World Wide Web (WWW) services
88kerberos Kerberos network authentication system
95supdup Telnet protocol extensions
101hostname Hostname service on SRI-NIC machines
102iso-tsap ISO Development Environment (ISODE) web application
105csnet-ns Mailbox name servers; also used by CSO name servers
107rtelnet Remote Telnet
109pop2 Post Office Protocol version 2
110pop3 Post Office Protocol version 3
111sunrpc Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol for remote command execution, used by Network File System (NFS)
113auth Authentication and identification protocols
115sftp Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) service
117uucp-path Unix to Unix Copy Protocol (UUCP) path service
119nntp Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) used by the USENET discussion system
123ntp Network Time Protocol (NTP)
137netbios-ns NETBIOS Name Service used by Samba in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
138netbios-dgm NETBIOS Datagram Service used by Samba in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
139netbios-ssn NET BIOS Session Service used by Samba in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
143imap Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
161snmp Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
162snmptrap Pitfalls of SNMP
163cmip-man Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP)
164cmip-agent Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP)
174mailqMAILQ
177xdmcp X Display Manager Control Protocol
178nextstep NeXTStep Window Server
179bgp Border Network Protocol
191prospero Cliffod Neuman's Prospero Service
194irc Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
199smux SNMP UNIX multiplexing
201at-rtmp AppleTalk routing
202at-nbp AppleTalk name binding
204at-echo AppleTalk echo service
206at-zis AppleTalk block messaging
209qmtp Quick Mail Transfer Protocol (QMTP)
210z39.50 NISO Z39.50 database
213ipx Internet Packet Exchange Protocol (IPX), a datagram protocol commonly used by Novell Netware environments
220imap3 Internet Message Access Protocol version 3
245linkLINK
347fatserv Fatmen Server
363rsvp_tunnel RSVP tunneling
369rpc2portmap Coda File System Port Mapper
370codaauth2 Coda File System Authentication Service
372ulistprocUNIX Listserv
389ldap Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
427svrloc Service Location Protocol (SLP)
434mobileip-agent Removable Internet Protocol (IP) Proxy
435mobilip-mn Removable Internet Protocol (IP) Manager
443https Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
444snpp Small Network Paging Protocol
445microsoft-ds Server Message Block (SMB) over TCP/IP
464kpasswd Kerberos password and key change service
468photuris Photuris Session Key Management Protocol
487saft Simple Asymmetric File Transfer (SAFT) protocol
488gss-http Generic Security Service (GSS) for HTTP
496pim-rp-disc Rendezvous Point Discovery for Protocol-Independent Multi-Access Propagation (PIM) Service (RP-DISC)
500isakmp Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
535iiop Internet Internal Object Request Proxy Protocol (IIOP)
538gdomap GNUstep Distributed Object Mapper (GDOMAP)
546dhcpv6-client Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6 client
547dhcpv6-server Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6 service
554rtsp Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
563nntps Network News Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (NNTPS)
565whoamiwhoami
587submission Mail Message Submission Agent (MSA)
610npmp-local Network Peripheral Management Protocol (NPMP) Local/Distributed Queuing System (DQS)
611npmp-gui Network Peripheral Management Protocol (NPMP) GUI/Distributed Queuing System (DQS)
612hmmp-ind HMMP Instruction/DQS
631ipp Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
636ldaps Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (LDAPS)
674acap Application Configuration Access Protocol (ACAP)
694ha-cluster Heartbeat service for clusters with high availability
749kerberos-adm Kerberos version 5 (v5) "kadmin" database management
750kerberos-iv Kerberos version 4 (v4) services
765webster Web Dictionary
767phonebook Web phonebook
873rsync rsync file transfer service
992telnets Telnet over Secure Sockets Layer (TelnetS)
993imaps Internet Message Access Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (IMAPS)
994ircs Internet Relay Chat over Secure Sockets Layer (IRCS)
995pop3s Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POPS3) over Secure Sockets Layer

Port Number/Layer Name Comments
512/tcpexec Used for authentication of remotely executed processes
512/udpbiff[comsat] Asynchronous mail client (biff) and service (comsat)
513/tcplogin Remote login (rlogin)
513/udpwho[whod] List of logged-in users
514/tcpshell[cmd] Remote shell (rshell) and remote copy (rcp) that do not require login
514/udpsyslog UNIX syslog services
515printer[spooler] Printer (lpr) fake offline
517/udptalk Remote talk services and clients
518/udpntalk Network talk (ntalk), remote dialog services and clients
519utime[unixtime] UNIX time protocol (utime)
520/tcpefs Extended File Name Server (EFS)
520/udprouter[route,routed] Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
521ripng Routing Information Protocol for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
525timed[timeserver] Time daemon (timed)
526/tcptempo[newdate]Tempo
530/tcpcourier[rpc] Courier Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Protocol
531/tcpconference[chat] Internet Relay Chat
532netnewsNetnews
533/udpnetwall Netwall for emergency broadcasts
540/tcpuucp[uucpd] Unix-to-Unix replication service
543/tcpklogin Kerberos version 5 (v5) remote login
544/tcpkshell Kerberos version 5 (v5) Remote Shell
548afpovertcp Appletalk File Preparation Protocol (AFP) over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
556remotefs[rfs_server,rfs] Brunhoff's Remote File System (RFS)

Port Number/Layer Name Comments
1080socks SOCKS Web Application Agent Service
1236bvcontrol[rmtcfg] Garcilis Packeten Remote Configuration Server
1300h323hostcallsc H.323 teleconferencing host phone security
1433ms-sql-s Microsoft SQL Server
1434ms-sql-m Microsoft SQL Monitor
1494ica Citrix ICA Client
1512wins Microsoft Windows Internet Name Server
1524ingreslock Ingres Database Management System (DBMS) Lockdown Service
1525prospero-np Unprivileged Prospero
1645datametrics[old-radius] Datametrics/former radius project
1646sa-msg-port[oldradacct] sa-msg-port/former radacct project
1649kermit Kermit File Transfer and Management Service
1701l2tp[l2f] Layer 2 Tunneling Services (LT2P)/Layer 2 Forwarding (L2F)
1718h323gatedisc H.323 telecommunication gatekeeper discovery mechanism
1719h323gatestat H.323 Telecommunication Gatekeeper Device Status
1720h323hostcall H.323 Telecommunication Gatekeeper Phone Settings
1758tftp-mcast Multicast Small File FTP
1759mtftp Multicast Small File FTP (MTFTP)
1789hello Hello router communication ports
1812radius Radius dialing authentication and accounting services
1813radius-acct Radius billing
1911mtp Starlight Network Multimedia Transport Protocol (MTP)
1985hsrp Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol
1986licensedaemon Cisco License Management Daemon
1997gdp-port Cisco Gateway Discovery Protocol (GDP)
2049nfs[nfsd] Network File System (NFS)
2102zephyr-srv Zephyr Notification Transmission and Delivery Server
2103zephyr-clt Zephyr serv-hm connection
2104zephyr-hm Zephyr host manager
2401cvspserver Parallel versioning system (CVS) client/server operation
2430/tcpvenus Venus Cache Manager for Coda File System (codacon port)
2430/udpvenus Venus Cache Manager for Coda File System (callback/wbc interface)
2431/tcpvenus-se Venus Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) side effects
2431/udpvenus-se Side Effects of Venus User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
2432/udpcodasrv Coda File System Server Port
2433/tcpcodasrv-se Coda File System TCP Side Effects
2433/udpcodasrv-se Coda File System UDP SFTP Side Effects
2600hpstgmgr[zebrasrv] HPSTGMGR; Zebra routing
2601discp-client[zebra] discp client; Zebra integrated shell
2602discp-server[ripd] discp server; routing information protocol daemon (ripd)
2603servicemeter[ripngd] Service metering; RIP daemon for IPv6
2604nsc-ccs[ospfd] NSC CCS; open short path precedence daemon (ospfd)
2605nsc-posa NSC POSA; border network protocol daemon (bgpd)
2606netmon[ospf6d] Dell Netmon; OSPF daemon for IPv6 (ospf6d)
2809corbaloc Common Object Request Brokerage Architecture (CORBA) Naming Service Locator
3130icpv2 Internet Cache Protocol version 2 (v2); used by Squid proxy cache server
3306mysql MySQL database service
3346trnsprntproxy Trnsprnt proxy
4011pxe Pre-Execution Environment (PXE) service
4321rwhois Remote Whois (rwhois) service
4444krb524 Kerberos version 5 (v5) to version 4 (v4) ticket converter
5002rfe Radio Frequency Free Ethernet (RFE) audio broadcast system
5308cfengine Configuration Engine (Cfengine)
5999cvsup[CVSup] CVSup file transfer and update utility
6000x11[X] X Window System Services
7000afs3-fileserver Andrew File System (AFS) file server
7001afs3-callback AFS port for calling back the cache manager
7002afs3-prserver AFS user and group database
7003afs3-vlserver AFS file volume location database
7004afs3-kaserver AFS Kerberos authentication service
7005afs3-volser AFS file volume management server
7006afs3-errors AFS error interpretation service
7007afs3-bos AFS Basic Supervisor Process
7008afs3-update AFS Server-to-Server Updater
7009afs3-rmtsys AFS Remote Cache Manager Service
9876sd Session Navigator
10080amanda Advanced Maryland Automated Network Disk Archiver (Amanda) backup service
11371pgpkeyserver Good Privacy (PGP)/GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) public key server
11720h323callsigalt H.323 call signal alternation
13720bprd Veritas NetBackup Request Daemon (bprd)
13721bpdbm Veritas NetBackup Database Manager (bpdbm)
13722bpjava-msvc Veritas NetBackup Java/Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) protocols
13724vnetd Veritas Network Tools
13782bpcdVertias NetBackup
13783vopied Veritas VOPIED Protocol
22273wnn6[wnn4] Kana/Kanji conversion system
26000quake Quake (and related) multiplayer game servers
26208wnn6-ds 
33434traceroute Traceroute network tracking tool
Notes.
The comments in /etc/services are as follows: port 1236 is registered as "bvcontrol", but it is also used by the Gracilis Packeten remote configuration server. The official name is listed as the primary name and the unregistered name is listed as an alias.
Note in /etc/services: Ports 2600 to 2606 are used unregistered by the zebra package. Primary names are registered names, unregistered names used by zebra are listed as aliases.
Note in the /etc/services file: The port is registered as wnn6, but also uses the unregistered "wnn4" in the FreeWnn package.

Port Number/Layer Name Comments (shows a list of ports related to the Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP).
1/ddprtmp Routing Table Management Protocol
2/ddpnbp Name Binding Protocol
4/ddpecho AppleTalk Echo Protocol
6/ddpzip Block Information Protocol

Port Number/Layer Name Comments
751kerberos_master Kerberos Authentication
752passwd_server Kerberos password (kpasswd) server
754krb5_prop Kerberos v5 slave propagation
760krbupdate[kreg] Kerberos Registration
1109kpop Kerberos Post Office Protocol (KPOP)
2053knetd Kerberos Multiplexer
2105eklogin Kerberos v5 encrypted remote login (rlogin)

Port Number/Level Name Comments
15/tcpnetstat Network status (netstat)
98/tcplinuxconf Linuxconf Linux management tool
106poppassd Post Office Protocol Password Change Daemon (POPPASSD)
465/tcpsmtps Simple Mail Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (SMTPS)
616/tcpgii Interactive interface using the gateway's (routing daemon)
808omirr[omirrd] Online Mirror (Omirr) file mirroring service
871/tcpsupfileserv Software Upgrade Protocol (SUP) server
901/tcpswat Samba World Wide Web Administration Tool (SWAT)
953rndc Berkeley Internet Name Domain Version 9 (BIND 9) remote name daemon configuration tool
1127sufiledbg Software Upgrade Protocol (SUP) debugging
1178/tcpskkserv Simple Kana to Kanji (SKK) Japanese Input Server
1313/tcpxtel Minitel Text Information System (France)
1529/tcpsupport[prmsd,gnatsd] GNATS bug tracking system
2003/tcpcfinger GNU Finger Service
2150ninstall Network Installation Service
2988afbackup afbackup client-server backup system
3128/tcpsquid Squid World Wide Web Proxy Cache
3455prsvp RSVP Ports
5432postgres PostgreSQL database
4557/tcpfax FAX Transport Service (old service)
4559/tcphylafax HylaFAX client-server protocol (new service)
5232sgi-dgl SGI distributed graphics library
5354noclog NOCOL Network Operations Center logging daemon (noclogd)
5355hostmon NOCOL Network Operations Center host monitoring
5680/tcpcanna Canna Japanese character input interface
6010/tcpx11-ssh-offset Secure Shell (SSH) X11 forwarding offset
6667ircd Internet Relay Chat Daemon (ircd)
7100/tcpxfs X Font Server (XFS)
7666/tcptircproxy Tircproxy IRC proxy service
8008http-alt Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) alternative
8080webcache World Wide Web (WWW) caching service
8081tproxy Transparent proxy
9100/tcpjetdirect[laserjet,hplj] Hewlett-Packard (HP) JetDirect network printing service
9359mandelspawn[mandelbrot] Parallel Mandelbrot Generator Program for the X Window System
10081kamanda Amanda Backup Service with Kerberos
10082/tcpamandaidx Amanda Backup Service
10083/tcpamidxtape Amanda Backup Service
20011isdnlog Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) login system
20012vboxd ISDN Speaker Daemon (vboxd)
22305/tcpwnn4_Kr kWnn Korean Input System
22289/tcpwnn4_Cn cWnn Chinese Input System
22321/tcpwnn4_Tw tWnn Chinese Input System (Taiwan)
24554binkp Binkley TCP/IP Fidonet mailing program daemon
27374asp Address Search Protocol
60177tfido Ifmail FidoNet Compatible Mailing Service
60179fido FidoNet e-mail and news network
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