CompTIA Network+ N10-007 Acronyms, Ports and Services

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AAA

Authentication Authorization and Accounting

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AAAA

Authentication, Authorization, Accounting and Auditing

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ACL

Access Control List

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ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

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AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

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AH

Authentication Header

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AP

Access Point

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APC

Angle Polished Connector

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APIPA

Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

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APT

Advanced Persistent Tool

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ARIN

American Registry for Internet Numbers

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ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

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AS

Autonomous System

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ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit

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ASP

Application Service Provider

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ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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AUP

Acceptable Use Policy

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BCP

Business Continuity Plan

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BERT

Bit-Error Rate Test

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BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

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BLE

Bluetooth Low Energy

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BNC

British Naval Connector/Bayonet Niell-Concelman

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BootP

Boot Protocol/Bootstrap Protocol

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BPDU

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

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BRI

Basic Rate Interface

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BSSID

Basic Service Set Identifier

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BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

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CaaS

Communication as a Service

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CAM

Content Addressable Memory

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CAN

Campus Area Network

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CARP

Common Address Redundancy Protocol

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CASB

Cloud Access Security Broker

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CAT

Category

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CCTV

Closed Circuit TV

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CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

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CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

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CHAP

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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CIDR

Classless Inter-Domain Routing

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CNAME

Canonical Name

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CoS

Class of Service

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CPU

Central Processing Unit

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CRAM-MD5

Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism–Message Digest 5

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CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Checking

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CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

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CSU

Channel Service Unit

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CVW

Collaborative Virtual Workspace

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CWDM

Course Wave Division Multiplexing

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Daas

Desktop as a Service

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dB

Decibel

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DCS

Distributed Computer System

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DDoS

Distributed Denial of Service

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DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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DLC

Data Link Control

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DLP

Data Loss Prevention

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DLR

Device Level Ring

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DMZ

Demilitarized Zone

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DNAT

Destination Network Address Translation

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DNS

Domain Name Service/Domain Name Server/Domain Name System

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DOCSIS

Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification

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DoS

Denial of Service

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DR

Designated Router

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DSCP

Differentiated Services Code Point

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DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

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DSSS

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

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DSU

Data Service Unit

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DWDM

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

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E1

E-Carrier Level 1

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EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol

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EDNS

Extension Mechanisms for DNS

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EGP

Exterior Gateway Protocol

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EIA/TIA

Electronic Industries Alliance/Telecommunication Industries Association

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EMI

Electromagnetic Interference

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ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

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ESP

Encapsulating Security Payload, see IPsec

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ESSID

Extended Service Set Identifier

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EUI

Extended Unique Identifier

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FC

Fibre Channel

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FCoE

Fibre Channel over Ethernet

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FCS

Frame Check Sequence

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FDM

Frequency Division Multiplexing

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FHSS

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

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FM

Frequency Modulation

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FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

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FTP

File Transfer Protocol

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FTPS

File Transfer Protocol Security

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GBIC

Gigabit Interface Converter

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Gbps

Gigabits per second

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GLBP

Gateway Load Balancing Protocol

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GPG

GNU Privacy Guard

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GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation

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GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

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HA

High Availability

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HDLC

High-Level Data Link Control

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HDMI

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

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HIDS

Host Intrusion Detection System

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HIPS

Host Intrusion Prevention System

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HSPA

High-Speed Packet Access

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HSRP

Hot Standby Router Protocol

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HT

High Throughput

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HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

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HVAC

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

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Hz

Hertz

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IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

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IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

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ICA

Independent Computer Architecture

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ICANN

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

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ICS

Internet Connection Sharing/Industrial Control System

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IDF

Intermediate Distribution Frame

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IDS

Intrusion Detection System

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IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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IGMP

Internet Group Message Protocol

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IGP

Interior Gateway Protocol

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IGRP

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

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IKE

Internet Key Exchange

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IMAP4

Internet Message Access Protocol version 4

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InterNIC

Internet Network Information Center

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IoT

Internet of Things

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IP

Internet Protocol

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IPS

Intrusion Prevention System

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IPSec

Internet Protocol Security

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IPv4

Internet Protocol version 4

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IPv6

Internet Protocol version 6

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ISAKMP

Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol

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ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

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IS-IS

Intermediate System to Intermediate System

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ISP

Internet Service Provider

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IT

Information Technology

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ITS

Intelligent Transportation System

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IV

Initialization Vector

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Kbps

Kilobits per second

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KVM

Keyboard Video Mouse

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L2TP

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

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LACP

Link Aggregation Control Protocol

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LAN

Local Area Network

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LC

Local Connector

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LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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LEC

Local Exchange Carrier

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LED

Light Emitting Diode

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LLC

Logical Link Control

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LLDP

Link Layer Discovery Protocol

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LSA

Link State Advertisements

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LTE

Long Term Evolution

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LWAPP

Light Weight Access Point Protocol

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MaaS

Mobility as a Service

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MAC

Media Access Control/Medium Access Control

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MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

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Mbps

Megabits per second

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MBps

Megabytes per second

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MDF

Main Distribution Frame

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MDI

Media Dependent Interface

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MDIX

Media Dependent Interface Crossover

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MGCP

Media Gateway Control Protocol

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MIB

Management Information Base

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MIMO

Multiple Input, Multiple Output

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MLA

Master License Agreement/Multilateral Agreement

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MMF

Multimode Fiber

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MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

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MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

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MPLS

Multiprotocol Label Switching

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MS-CHAP

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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MSA

Master Service Agreement

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MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet

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MT-RJ

Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack

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MTU

Maximum Transmission Unit

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MTTR

Mean Time To Recovery

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MTBF

Mean Time Between Failures

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MU-MIMO

Multiuser Multiple Input, Multiple Output

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MX

Mail Exchanger

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NAC

Network Access Control

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NAS

Network Attached Storage

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NAT

Network Address Translation

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NCP

Network Control Protocol

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NDR

Non-Delivery Receipt

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NetBEUI

Network Basic Input/Output Extended User Interface

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NetBIOS

Network Basic Input/Output System

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NFC

Near Field Communication

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NFS

Network File Service

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NGFW

Next-Generation Firewall

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NIC

Network Interface Card

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NIDS

Network Intrusion Detection System

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NIPS

Network Intrusion Prevention System

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NIU

Network Interface Unit

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nm

Nanometer

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NNTP

Network News Transport Protocol

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NTP

Network Time Protocol

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OCSP

Online Certificate Status Protocol

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OCx

Optical Carrier

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OS

Operating System

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OSI

Open Systems Interconnect

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OSPF

Open Shortest Path First

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OTDR

Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

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OUI

Organizationally Unique Identifier

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PaaS

Platform as a Service

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PAN

Personal Area Network

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PAP

Password Authentication Protocol

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PAT

Port Address Translation

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PC

Personal Computer

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PCM

Phase-Change Memory

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PDoS

Permanent Denial of Service

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PDU

Protocol Data Unit

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PGP

Pretty Good Privacy

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PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

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PoE

Power over Ethernet

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POP

Post Office Protocol

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POP3

Post Office Protocol version 3

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POTS

Plain Old Telephone Service

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PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol

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PPPoE

Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet

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PPTP

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

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PRI

Primary Rate Interface

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PSK

Pre-Shared Key

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PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

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PTP

Point-to-Point

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PTR

Pointer

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PUA

Privileged User Agreement

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PVC

Permanent Virtual Circuit

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QoS

Quality of Service

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QSFP

Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable

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RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

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RARP

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

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RAS

Remote Access Service

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RDP

Remote Desktop Protocol

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RF

Radio Frequency

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RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

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RFP

Request for Proposal

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RG

Radio Guide

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RIP

Routing Internet Protocol

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RJ

Registered Jack

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RPO

Recovery Point Objective

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RSA

Rivest, Shamir, Adelman

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RSH

Remote Shell

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RSTP

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

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RTO

Recovery Time Objective

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RTP

Real-Time Protocol

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RTSP

Real-Time Streaming Protocol

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RTT

Round Trip Time or Real Transfer Time

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SA

Security Association

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SaaS

Software as a Service

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SC

Standard Connector/Subscriber Connector

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SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

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SCP

Secure Copy Protocol

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SDLC

Software Development Life Cycle

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SDN

Software Defined Network

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SDP

Session Description Protocol

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SDSL

Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

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SFP

Small Form-factor Pluggable

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SFTP

Secure File Transfer Protocol

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SGCP

Simple Gateway Control Protocol

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SHA

Secure Hash Algorithm

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SIEM

Security Information and Event Management

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SIP

Session Initiation Protocol

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SLA

Service Level Agreement

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SLAAC

Stateless Address Auto Configuration

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SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol

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SMB

Server Message Block

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SMF

Single-Mode Fiber

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SMS

Short Message Service

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SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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SNAT

Static Network Address Translation/Source Network Address Translation

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SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

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SNTP

Simple Network Time Protocol

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SOA

Start of Authority

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SOHO

Small Office Home Office

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SONET

Synchronous Optical Network

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SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

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SOW

Statement of Work

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SPB

Shortest Path Bridging

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SPI

Stateful Packet Inspection

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SPS

Standby Power Supply

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SSH

Secure Shell

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SSID

Service Set Identifier

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SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

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ST

Straight Tip or Snap Twist

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STP

Spanning Tree Protocol

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STP

Shielded Twisted Pair

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SVC

Switched Virtual Circuit

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SYSLOG

System Log

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T1

Terrestrial Carrier Level 1

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TA

Terminal Adaptor

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TACACS

Terminal Access Control Access Control System

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TACACS+

Terminal Access Control Access Control System+

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TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

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TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

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TDM

Time Division Multiplexing

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TDR

Time Domain Reflectometer

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Telco

Telecommunications Company

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TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

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TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

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TLS

Transport Layer Security

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TMS

Transportation Management System

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TOS

Type of Service

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TPM

Trusted Platform Module

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TTL

Time to Live

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TTLS

Tunneled Transport Layer Security

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UC

Unified Communications

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UDP

User Datagram Protocol

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UNC

Universal Naming Convention

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UPC

Ultra Polished Connector

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UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

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URL

Uniform Resource Locator

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USB

Universal Serial Bus

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UTM

Unified Threat Management

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UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair

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VDSL

Variable Digital Subscriber Line

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VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

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VNC

Virtual Network Connection

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VoIP

Voice over IP

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VPN

Virtual Private Network

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VRF

Virtual Routing Forwarding

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VRRP

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

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VTC

Video Teleconference

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VTP

VLAN Trunk Protocol

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WAF

Web Application Firewall

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WAN

Wide Area Network

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WAP

Wireless Application Protocol/Wireless Access Point

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WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy

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WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

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WMS

Warehouse Management System

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WPA

WiFi Protected Access

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WPS

WiFi Protected Setup

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WWN

World Wide Name

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XDSL

Extended Digital Subscriber Line

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XML

eXtensible Markup Language

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Zeroconf

Zero Configuration

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Ports

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Port number Service Wikipedia
TCP 20

FTP data transfer

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TCP 21

FTP control / command

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TCP 22

SSH Secure Shell , SFTP, SCP

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TCP 23

TELNET

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TCP 25/587

SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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TCP 43

WHOIS

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TCP/UDP 49

TACACS login host protocol

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TCP/UDP 53

DNS Domain Name System

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UDP 67,68

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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UDP 69

TFTP trivial file transfer protocol

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TCP 80

HTTP

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TCP 88

KERBEROS authentication system

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TCP 110

POP3 Post Office Protocol v3

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TCP 119

NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol

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UDP 123

NTP Network Time Protocol

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TCP/UDP 135

RPC Remote Procedure Call

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TCP/UDP 137-139

NetBIOS Network Basic I/O System

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TCP 143

IMAP Internet Mail Access Protocol

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UDP 161

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

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TCP/UDP 162

SNMPTRAP Simple Network Management Protocol Trap

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TCP 389

LDAP

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TCP 443

HTTPS

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TCP 445

CIFS / SMB Server Message Block

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TCP 465

SMTPS Simple Mail Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS

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UDP 514

Syslog

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TCP 636

LDAPS Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over TLS/SSL

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TCP 860

iSCSI internet Small Computer Systems Interface

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TCP/UDP 989

FTPS, FTP over TLS/SSL, data

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TCP/UDP 990

FTPS, FTP over TLS/SSL, control

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TCP 993

IMAPS4, Internet Message Access Protocol over TLS/SSL

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TCP 995

POP3S, Post Office Protocol 3 over TLS/SSL

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TCP 1433

MS-SQL Service

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UDP 1701

L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

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TCP 1723

PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

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UDP 1812/1813

RADIUS

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TCP/UDP 3389

RDP Remote Desktop Protocol

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TCP 3868

Diameter

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TCP 6514

Syslog over TLS

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Services / Protocols

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Service Port number Wikipedia
FTP data transfer

TCP 20

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FTP control / command

TCP 21

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SSH Secure Shell , SFTP, SCP

TCP 22

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TELNET

TCP 23

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SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

TCP 25/587

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WHOIS

TCP 43

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TACACS login host protocol

TCP/UDP 49

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DNS Domain Name System

TCP/UDP 53

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DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

UDP 67,68

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TFTP trivial file transfer protocol

UDP 69

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HTTP

TCP 80

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KERBEROS authentication system

TCP 88

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POP3 Post Office Protocol v3

TCP 110

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NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol

TCP 119

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NTP Network Time Protocol

UDP 123

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RPC Remote Procedure Call

TCP/UDP 135

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NetBIOS Network Basic I/O System

TCP/UDP 137-139

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IMAP Internet Mail Access Protocol

TCP 143

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SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

UDP 161

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SNMPTRAP Simple Network Management Protocol Trap

TCP/UDP 162

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LDAP

TCP 389

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HTTPS

TCP 443

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CIFS / SMB Server Message Block

TCP 445

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SMTPS Simple Mail Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS

TCP 465

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Syslog

UDP 514

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LDAPS Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over TLS/SSL

TCP 636

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iSCSI internet Small Computer Systems Interface

TCP 860

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FTPS, FTP over TLS/SSL, data

TCP/UDP 989

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FTPS, FTP over TLS/SSL, control

TCP/UDP 990

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IMAPS4, Internet Message Access Protocol over TLS/SSL

TCP 993

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POP3S, Post Office Protocol 3 over TLS/SSL

TCP 995

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MS-SQL Service

TCP 1433

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L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

UDP 1701

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PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

TCP 1723

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RADIUS

UDP 1812/1813

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RDP Remote Desktop Protocol

TCP/UDP 3389

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Diameter

TCP 3868

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Syslog over TLS

TCP 6514

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