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Appendix C Common Services
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Table 24 Commonly Used Services
SERVICE
DESCRIPTION
AIM/New-ICQ(TCP:5190)
AOL’s Internet Messenger service, used as a listening port
by ICQ.
AUTH(TCP:113)
Authentication protocol used by some servers.
BGP(TCP:179)
Border Gateway Protocol.
BOOTP_CLIENT(UDP:68)
DHCP Client.
BOOTP_SERVER(UDP:67)
DHCP Server.
CU-SEEME(TCP/UDP:7648,
24032)
A popular videoconferencing solution from White Pines
Software.
DNS(UDP/TCP:53)
Domain Name Server, a service that matches web names
(e.g.
www.zyxel.com
) to IP numbers.
FINGER(TCP:79)
Finger is a UNIX or Internet related command that can be
used to find out if a user is logged on.
FTP(TCP:20.21)
File Transfer Program, a program to enable 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.
ICQ(UDP:4000)
This is a popular Internet chat program.
IKE(UDP:500)
The Internet Key Exchange algorithm is used for key
distribution and management.
IPSEC_TUNNEL(AH:0)
The IPSEC AH (Authentication Header) tunneling protocol
uses this service.
IPSEC_TUNNEL(ESP:0)
The IPSEC ESP (Encapsulation Security Protocol) tunneling
protocol uses this service.
IRC(TCP/UDP:6667)
This is another popular Internet chat program.
MSN Messenger(TCP:1863)
Microsoft Networks’ messenger service uses this protocol.
MULTICAST(IGMP:0)
Internet Group Multicast Protocol is used when sending
packets to a specific group of hosts.
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(ICMP:0)
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).