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This document lists TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products, such as Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, AppleShare IP, Network Assistant,
Apple Remote Desktop, Macintosh Manager, and .Mac. Many of these are referred to as "well known," industry standard ports.

DISCUSSION

About this table

The Service or Protocol Name column lists services registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (http://www.iana.org/), except where
noted as "unregistered use." The names of Apple products that use these services or protocols appear in the Used By/Additional Information column.

The RFC column lists the number of the Request For Comment document that defines the particular service or protocol, which may be used for reference.
RFC documents are maintained by RFC Editor (http://www.rfc-editor.org/). If multiple RFCs define a protocol, there may only be one listed here.

This document is updated periodically, and the information listed is that available at time of publication. This document is intended as a quick reference and
should not be regarded as comprehensive. Apple products listed in the table are the most commonly used examples, not a comprehensive list. For more
information, review the Notes below the table.

TCP Port Service or Protocol Name RFC Used By/Additional

Information
7 echo 792 -

2 0 File Transport Protocol (FTP) 959 -

2 1 FTP control 959 -

2 2 Secure Shell (SSH) - -

2 3 Telnet 854 -

2 5 Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) 821 Mail (for sending email)

5 3 Domain Name System (DNS) 1034 MacDNS

7 9 Finger 1288 -

8 0 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 2068 World Wide Web, .Mac,

Sherlock, QuickTime Installer,
iTunes Music Store and Radio,
Software Update, RAID Admin,
iCal shared calendars

8 8 Kerberos 1510 -

106 Password Server - Mac OS X Server Password

(Unregistered Use) Server

110 Post Office Protocol (POP3) 1081 Mail (for receiving email)
Authentication Post Office Protocol (APOP)

111 Remote Procedure Call (RPC) 1057 Portmap (sunrpc)

113 Authentication Service 931 -

115 Secure File Transfer Program (SFTP) - Note: Some authorities

reference a "Simple File
Transport Protocol" or "Secured
File Transport Protocol" on this
port.

119 Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) 977 Used by applications that read

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newsgroups.

123 Network Time Protocol (NTP) 1119 Date & Time preferences. Used
for network time server
synchronization.

139 Server Message Block (SMB) 100 Used by Microsoft Windows file
and print services, such as
Windows Sharing in Mac OS X.

143 Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) 2060 Mail (for receiving email)

311 AppleShare IP WebAdmin - AppleShare IP remote Web

administration, Server Monitor,
Server Status (servermgrd),
Workgroup Manager
(DirectoryService), Server
Admin (10.3 and later)

389 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 1777 Used by applications that look up
(LDAP) addresses, such as Mail and
Address Book.

427 Service Location Protocol (SLP) 2608 Network Browser

443 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL, or "HTTPS") - Secured websites, iTunes Music
Store

514 shell - -

515 Line Printer (LPR), Line Printer Daemon 1179 Used for printing to a network
(LPD) printer, Printer Sharing in Mac
OS X.

532 netnews - -

548 Apple Filing Protcol (AFP) over TCP - AppleShare, Personal File
Sharing, Apple File Service

554 Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) 2326 QuickTime Streaming Server
(QTSS), streaming media players

600-1023 Mac OS X RPC-based services - Used by NetInfo, for example.

625 Directory Service Proxy (DSProxy) - DirectoryService, Open

(Unregistered Use) Directory Assistant, Workgroup
Manager
Note: This port is registered to
DEC DLM.

631 Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) 2910 Mac OS X Printer Sharing

626 AppleShare Imap Admin (ASIA) - IMAP Administration (Mac OS X

Server 10.2.8 or earlier,
AppleShare IP 6)

660 MacOS Server Admin - Server Admin (both AppleShare

IP and Mac OS X Server), Server
Settings

687 asipregistry - AppleShare IP Shared Users and

Groups, Server Monitor, Server
Status (servermgrd)

1220 QT Server Admin - Used for administration of

QuickTime Streaming Server.

2236 Macintosh Manager - Macintosh Manager

(Unregistered Use)

3031 Remote AppleEvents - Program Linking, Remote Apple

Events

3659 Simple Authentication and Security Layer - Mac OS X Server Password

(SASL) Server

3689 Digital Audio Access Protocol (DAAP) - iTunes Music Sharing

5100 - - Mac OS X camera and scanner

sharing

5190 America Online (AOL) - iChat and AOL Instant Messenger,

file transfer

5297 - - iChat (local traffic), Rendezvous

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5298 - - iChat (local traffic), Rendezvous

7070 RTSP (Unregistered Use) - QuickTime Streaming Server

Automatic Router Configuration Protocol (RTSP)
(ARCP - Registered Use)

8000-8999 - - Web service

16080 - - Web service with performance

cache

24000-24999 - - Web service with performance

cache

UDP Port Service or Protocol Name RFC Used By/Additional

Information
7 echo - -

5 3 Domain Name System (DNS) 1034 -

6 7 Bootstrap Protocol Server (BootP, bootps) - NetBoot via DHCP

6 8 Bootstrap Protocol Client (bootpc) 951 NetBoot via DHCP

6 9 Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) 1350 -

111 Remote Procedure Call (RPC) 1057, -

1831

123 Network Time Protocol (NTP) 1119 -

137 Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) - -

138 NETBIOS Datagram Service - Windows Datagram Service,

Windows Network Neighborhood

161 Simple Network Management Protocol 1157 -

(SNMP)

192 - - AirPort Base Station PPP status

or discovery (certain
configurations)

427 Service Location Protocol (SLP) 2608 -

497 dantz - Retrospect backup software, by

Dantz.

513 who - -

514 Syslog - -

554 Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) - QuickTime Streaming Server

600-1023 Mac OS X RPC-based services - Used by NetInfo, for example.

2049 Network File System (NFS) 1094 -

3031 Remote AppleEvents - Program Linking, Remote Apple

Events

3283 Net Assistant - Apple Network Assistant, Apple

Remote Desktop

3659 Simple Authentication and Security Layer - Mac OS X Server Password

(SASL) Server

5060 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) 2543 iChat AV

5190 America Online (AOL) - iChat and AOL Instant Messenger,

file transfer

5298 - - iChat (local traffic), Rendezvous

5353 Multicast DNS (MDNS) - Rendezvous (mDNSResponder)

5678 SNATMAP server - -

6970-9999 - - QuickTime Streaming Server

7070 RTSP alternate - QuickTime Streaming Server

1 6 3 8 4 - 1 6 4 0 3 Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), - iChat AV (Audio RTP, RTCP;

Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP) Video RTP, RTCP)

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Notes

1. Not all ports and services listed are present in or used by all software products. Some applications, such as Workgroup Manager, require more than one
port and are listed accordingly.
2. Network administrators may wish to use port-watching software in addition to this information when making decisions about how to set up firewalls or
similar access control schemes.
3. For an explanation of what a TCP or UDP port is, see the "IP Ports" section of technical document 106770, "Mac OS X: What Is a Port?"

4. In Mac OS X Server 10.0.3 and later, some services that do not use well-known ports register with portmap. Use the rpcinfo -p command in Terminal to
see what is registered with portmap.
5. The NetInfo parent-child model has replaced Shared Users and Groups in Mac OS X Server 10.0.3 and later.
6. Remote Admin on port 311 has been removed in Mac OS X Server 10.0.3 and later.
7. With performance cache enabled in Mac OS X Server 10.0.3 and later, Apache is on port 16080 and cache is on port 80.
8. This table includes features and ports used by Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Earlier versions of Mac OS X do not have all the features listed here.

I m p o r t a n t : Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only, and does not constitute Apple's
recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.

Document 17159, "Locating Vendor Information" can help you search for a particular vendor's address and phone number.

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