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Every documented port, filed by what it actually does. Each row states its size, its risk mix and its transport split — open one to read the full listing.

categories
16
ports filed
1,719

2,654 filings · ports can sit in more than one

largest
795

network services

avg risk
2.8

caution across the corpus

encrypted
66

4% of ports

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Corpus Composition

1,719 ports

risk mix

  • safe43%
  • caution55%
  • risk1%

transport

  • tcp56%
  • udp44%
  • sctp0%

a port can speak more than one transport

number range

  • well-known · 0–1023479
  • registered · 1024–491511,238
  • dynamic · 49152–655352

Category Directory

ordered by size
categoryrisk mixtransportports
  • Network Services
    avg 3.4
    tcp 683udp 542795
  • System
    avg 3.2
    tcp 461udp 358516
  • Security
    avg 3.7
    tcp 202udp 117236
  • File Transfer
    avg 4.0
    tcp 116udp 73132
  • Remote Access
    avg 3.8
    tcp 116udp 65130
  • Gaming
    avg 3.9
    tcp 78udp 77129
  • Voice and Chat
    avg 3.7
    tcp 102udp 71129
  • Web Services
    avg 3.6
    tcp 119udp 35128
  • Cloud
    avg 4.0
    tcp 91udp 48102
  • IoT
    avg 3.6
    tcp 75udp 67100
  • Databases
    avg 3.7
    tcp 67udp 3772
  • Media
    avg 2.8
    tcp 52udp 3762
  • Email
    avg 3.6
    tcp 46udp 2148
  • Streaming
    avg 3.5
    tcp 28udp 1332
  • Mobile
    avg 3.1
    tcp 27udp 1828
  • Virtualization
    avg 3.6
    tcp 12udp 415