TCP and UDP port numbers – complete list

This is a list of Internet socket port numbers used by application communication with TCP and UDP on the Transport Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite for the host-to-host communications.

Let’s see who makes it possible? The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigns all port numbers except Dynamic or Private ports. IANA is a standards organization in the world that is responsible for assigning various addressing standards.

There are different types of port numbers: Well Known Ports (Numbers 0 to 1023), Registered Ports (Numbers 1024 to 49151) and Dynamic or Private Ports (Numbers 49152 to 65535). The last porn number type Dynamic or Private Ports will not appear on our list because they are cannot be registered with IANA. This range is used for custom or temporary purposes and for automatic allocation of ephemeral ports. They are usually assigned dynamically to client applications when initiating a connection. It is not very common for a client to connect to a service using a Dynamic or Private Port, sometimes some peer-to-peer file sharing programs do.

We will introduce the list of the ports with short description of different port types.

Using both TCP and UDP is also normal sometime. Some applications may use both TCP and UDP. For example, the low overhead of UDP with his short header enables DNS to serve many client requests very quickly. However, sending the requested information sometimes may require the reliability of TCP. In that case, the port number of 53 that is a well known port number is used by both protocols with this service.

Let’s see the list of port numbers:

• Well-known ports
• Registered Ports