Ports To Remember For Taking COMPTIA Exam

if you are getting ready to take a COMPTia test, its a good idea to memorize these ports, there are alot of questions regarding ports on the exam. so its a good idea to remember all these. i know it helped me when i was taking the Network Plus exam. now im getting ready to take the Security + exam and i need to memorize these port numbers. so i put all these ports together to help me put them in my memory so i wont forget.

let me give you a tip.. memorize these ports, when you go take the test, they will give you paper to write on. as soon as you start the test, the first thing you should do is to write these on the paper. because when you are taking the test, you wont have to use much brain power to recall them from memory, you can use the memory power for the test. this will help you focus because you wont have to worry about memorizing the ports in your head, that way you will have them written down on the paper.. believe me.. it works!!

so here are the port i recommend you memorize:

Protocol	Name	Port Number	Notes
FTP	File Transfer Protocol	20	used for transfering files
FTP	File Transfer Protocol	21	used for transfering files
SSH	Secure Shell	22	Originally used for Unix
TELNET	Telnet	23	Used For Remote Access
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol	25	Used for OUTBOUND Traffic
TACACS	Terminal Access Controller Access Control System	49	Authentication Protocol developed by Cisco Systems
DNS	Domain Name Service	53	Resolves Domain Names into Ip Addresses
TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol	69	Like FTP, but more secured
HTTP	HyperText Transfer Protocol	80	Its what you are using to view this page. It used in WWW
POP3	Post Office Protocol Version 3	110	used for INBOUND email traffic
NNTP	Netwrok News Transport Protocol	119	Used by sharing of News
NTP	Netwrok Time Protocol	123	Use for synchonizing your clock in your systems
IMAP4	Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4	143	i dont know what this is used for
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol	161	Is used in routers to manage the router
HTTPS	HyperText Transfer Message Protocol Secure	443	uses SSL to make web pages secured
IKE	Internet Key Exchange	500	Automated method for negotiating shared secret keys
L2TP	Level 2 Tunneling Protocol	1701	an extension of PPP. used in VPNs Operate in Layer 2
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol	1723	used in dialup connections, replaced SLIP
ORACLE DB		1521 / 1522	oracle databases
AOL	America Oline IM	5190 / 4443	Instant Messenger Ports
BACKORIFICE 2000	Virus	1056	this is a virus
PPTP	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol	2637	TUNNELING
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol	67	provides dynamic address assignment on a network
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol	68	provides dynamic address assignment on a network
file and printer shares		tcp/udp 137.138.139	block these ports to avoid file sharing with public
NFS	Network File Share	2049	block these ports to avoid file sharing with public
TOTAL PORTS		65,535	There are a total of 65,535 Port.