Appendix I. Port and Protocol List

This appendix provides a partial list of protocols and ports helpful in identifying services and associated protocols/ports for firewall rules. For a complete list of ports, see Internet Assigned Numbers Authority’s (IANA) website at:

http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

Port numbers are divided into three ranges: well-known ports, registered ports, and dynamic and/or private ports.

  • Well-known ports range from 0 through 1023.

  • Registered ports range from 1024 through 49151.

  • Dynamic and/or private ports range from 49152 through 65535.

TABLE I-1 provides service, port/protocol, and description for well-known ports.

Table I-1. Well-Known Ports
Service Port/Protocol Description
tcpmux 1/tcp/udp TCP port service ...

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