Port Security

Question 1

HTTP

Answer 1

HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL

Port 21

TCP

USED TO TRANSFER FILES FROM HOST TO HOST

Question 2

SSH, SCP, SFTP

Answer 2

SSH - SECURE REMOTE TERMINAL ACCESS + FILE TRANSFER

SCP - SECURE COPY FUCNTIONS

SFTP - SECURE FILE TRANSFER

PORT 22

TCP

Question 3

TELNET

Answer 3

PORT 23

TCP

PROVIDES REMOTE CONTROL USING A TEXT-BASED ENVIRONMENT

NO ENCRYPTION

Question 4

SMTP

Answer 4

PORT 25

TCP

SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER

SEND EMAILS OVER THE NETWORK

Question 5

TFTP

Answer 5

PORT 69

UDP

TRIVIAL FILE TRANSFER

LIGHTWEIGHT FILE TRANSFER FOR SENDING CONFIGURATION FILES AND NETWORK BOOTING OF AN OS

Question 6

DNS

Answer 6

PORT 53

TCP + UDP

TRANSLATE DOMAIN NAMES TO IP ADDRESSES

Question 7

HTTP

Answer 7

PORT 80

TCP

HYPERTEXT TRANSFER

INSECURE WEB BROWSING

Question 8

KERBEROS

Answer 8

PORT 88

TCP

NETWORK AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL

Question 9

NNTP

Answer 9

PORT 119

TCP

NETWORK NEW TRANSFER

USED FOR ACCESS NEWSGROUPS

Question 10

POP3

Answer 10

PORT 110

TCP

POST OFFICE PROTOCOL VERSION 3

RESPONSIBLE FOR RETRIEVING EMAIL FROM A SERVER

Question 11

RPC

Answer 11

PORT 135

TCP + UDP

REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL

FACILITATES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT SYSTEM PROCESSES

USED IN WINDOWS FILE SHARING

Question 12

NETBIOS

Answer 12

PORTS 137, 138, 139

TCP + UDP

NETWORKING PROTOCOL SUITE

USED INSIDE WINDOWS DOMAIN TO SHARE INTERNAL NETWORK NAMES, FILE + PRINTER SHARING

Question 13

IMAP

Answer 13

PORT 143

TCP

INTERNET MSG ACCESS PROTOCOL

ALLOWS ACCESS TO EMAILS ON A SERVER

Question 14

SNMP

Answer 14

PORT 161

UDP

SIMPLE NETWORK MGMT. PROTOCOL

MANAGES NETWORK DEVICES

Question 15

LDAP

Answer 15

PORT 389

TCP

LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS

FACILITATES DIRECTORY SERVICES

Question 16

SNMPTrap

Answer 16

162

UDP

RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING SNMAP TRAP MSGS

Question 17

SMB

Answer 17

PORT 445

TCP

SIMPLE MSG BLOCK

USED FOR FILE + PRINTER SHARING

Question 18

HTTPS

Answer 18

PORT 443

TCP

SECURE HTTP

SECURE WEB COMMUNICATION USING SSL/TLS

Question 19

SYSLOG

Answer 19

PORT 514

UDP

SENDING LOG MESSAGES

Question 20

SMTP SECURE / SMPTS

Answer 20

PORT 465, 587

TCP

SECURE SMTP TO SEND EMAILS USING SSL/TLS

Question 21

IMAPS

Answer 21

PORT 993

TCP

INTERNET MSG ACCESS PROTOCOL SECURE

USED FOR EMAIL RETRIEVAL OVER SSL/TLS

Question 22

LDAP SECURE / LDPAS

Answer 22

PORT 636

TCP

SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS USING SSL/TLS

Question 23

MICROSOFT SQL

Answer 23

PORT 1433

TCP

FACILITATES COMMUNICATION WITH MICROSOFT SQL SERVER

Question 24

POP3S

Answer 24

PORT 995

TCP

SECURE POST OFFICE PROTOCOL

USED FOR SECURE EMAIL RETRIEVAL USING SSL/TLS

Question 25

RADIUS UDP

Answer 25

PORT 1812, 1913 UDP USED FOR REMOTE AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION + ACCOUNTING

Question 26

RADIUS

Answer 26

PORT 1645, 1646 TCP REMOTE AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION + ACCOUNTING

Question 27

SYSLOG TLS

Answer 27

PORT 6514 TCP SECURE VERSION OF SYSLOG; USES SSL/TLS ENCRYPTS IP PACKETS BEFORE SENDING THEM TO THE SYSLOG COLLECTOR

Question 28

RDP

Answer 28

PORT 3389 TCP REMOTE DESKTOP PROTOCOL ENABLE REMOTE ACCESS