When interacting over the Internet, TCP and UDP protocols make connections, recompile data packages after the transfer, and then deliver them to applications on the recipient’s device. For this handover to work, the operating system must install and open the gateway for the transfer. Each door has a unique code number. After transmission, the receiving system uses the port number to determine where the data should be sent. The port numbers of the sender and receiver are always included in the data packet.Ports are assigned sequential numbers from 0 to 65536. Some of these codes are standardized, meaning they are assigned to certain uses.
Any security researcher, bug bounty hunter, or anyone working with service configuration would benefit from this. Knowing how to do more thorough scans such as version detection or known vulnerabilities for ancient services that are still operating in the infrastructure, especially when using tools like Nmap, is handy when getting to know these protocols and services.
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