PORT NUMBERS

(last updated 2008-06-06)

The port numbers are divided into three ranges:

1. the Well Known Ports,
2. the Registered Ports, and
3. the Dynamic and/or Private Ports.

1. The Well Known Ports are those from

0 - 1023.
b(0 - 11 1111 1111)
h(0 - 3FF)

DCCP Well Known ports SHOULD NOT be used without IANA registration. The
registration procedure is defined in [RFC4340], Section 19.9.

2. The Registered Ports are those from

1024 - 49151
b(100 0000 0000 - 1011 1111 1111 1111)
h(400 - BFFF)

DCCP Registered ports SHOULD NOT be used without IANA registration. The
registration procedure is defined in [RFC4340], Section 19.9.

3. The Dynamic and/or Private Ports are those from

49152 - 65535
b(1100 0000 0000 - 1111 1111 1111 1111)
h(C0000 - FFFF)

A value of 0 in the port numbers registry below indicates that no port has been
allocated.