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Infodoc ID   Synopsis   Date
2187   Common networking port number assignments   3 Apr 1996

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Certain sets of port numbers are universally assigned for common networking
applications.  This is needed so that a remote host knows which port to
communicate with for what service.

Following is a table of some of the common assignments.




Common Assignments
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RPC performs this function dynamically via the portmapper.

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	Port No.   Service Name       Service Description
	--------   ------------       -------------------
	0-4        .                  Reserved/Unassigned
	5          RJE                Remote Job Entry
	7          ECHO               Echo
	9          DISCARD            Discard
	11         USERS              Active Users
	13         DAYTIME           Daytime
	15         NETSTAT            Who is up or netstat
	17         QUOTE              Quote of the day
	19         CHARGEN            Character Generator
	20         FTP-DATA           File Transfer Protocol (Data)
	21         FTP       File Transfer Protocol
	23         TELNET             Terminal Connection
	25         SMTP               Simple Mail Transport Protocol
	37         TIME               Time
	39         RLP                Resource Location Protocol
	42         NAMESERVER         Host Name Server
	43         NICNAME            Who is ...
	53         DOMAIN             Domain Name Server
	67         BOOTPS             Bootstrap Protocol Server
	68         BOOTPC             Bootstrap Protocol Client
	69         TFTP            Trivial File Transfer Protocol
	79         FINGER             Finger
	101        HOSTNAME           NIC Host Name Server
	102        ISO-TSAP           ISO-TSAP
	111        SUNRPC             Sun RPC Portmapper
	113        AUTH               Authentication Service, Security
	117        UUCP-PATH          UUCP Path Service
	123        NTP                Network Time Protocol
	144        NeWS               Sun Microsystem's Postscript Windows
	161        SNMP               Simple Network Management Protocol
	520        RIP                Routing Information Protocol
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SOLUTION SUMMARY:
Patch ID n/a
Product Area Gen. Network
Product RPC
OS any
Release n/a
Hardware n/a

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