Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry

Last Updated

2026-09-30

Expert(s)

TCP/UDP: Joe Touch; Eliot Lear, Kumiko Ono, Wes Eddy, Brian Trammell,
and Michael Scharf
SCTP: Michael Tuexen
DCCP: Eddie Kohler and Yoshifumi Nishida

Reference

[RFC 6335]

Note

Service names and port numbers are used to distinguish between different
services that run over transport protocols such as TCP, UDP, DCCP, and
SCTP.

Service names are assigned on a first-come, first-served process, as
documented in [RFC 6335].

Port numbers are assigned in various ways, based on three ranges: System
Ports (0-1023), User Ports (1024-49151), and the Dynamic and/or Private
Ports (49152-65535); the different uses of these ranges are described in
[RFC 6335]. According to Section 8.1.2 of [RFC 6335], System Ports are 
assigned by the "IETF Review" or "IESG Approval" procedures described in 
[RFC 8126]. User Ports are assigned by IANA using the "IETF Review" process, 
the "IESG Approval" process, or the "Expert Review" process, as per 
[RFC 6335]. Dynamic Ports are not assigned.

The registration procedures for service names and port numbers are
described in [RFC 6335].

Assigned ports both System and User ports SHOULD NOT be used without
or prior to IANA registration.

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* PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:                                           *
*                                                                      *
* ASSIGNMENT OF A PORT NUMBER DOES NOT IN ANY WAY IMPLY AN             *
* ENDORSEMENT OF AN APPLICATION OR PRODUCT, AND THE FACT THAT NETWORK  *
* TRAFFIC IS FLOWING TO OR FROM A REGISTERED PORT DOES NOT MEAN THAT   *
* IT IS "GOOD" TRAFFIC, NOR THAT IT NECESSARILY CORRESPONDS TO THE     *
* ASSIGNED SERVICE. FIREWALL AND SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD          *
* CHOOSE HOW TO CONFIGURE THEIR SYSTEMS BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF    *
* THE TRAFFIC IN QUESTION, NOT WHETHER THERE IS A PORT NUMBER          *
* REGISTERED OR NOT.                                                   *
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