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Port 445: SMB (file sharing)

Common Ports Reference: What runs on port 3389, 445 or 5985: common TCP and UDP ports for web, mail, Windows, AD, databases and VPNs, with security notes.

The ports that come up when opening a firewall, reading a scan or troubleshooting a connection: what runs on each, TCP or UDP, and what to watch out for. Search by number or name. Port numbers and service names were checked against IANA's port number registry; ports that are widely used but assigned by IANA to something else are marked unofficial.

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445 is a system port (0-1023): assigned by IANA, and on Linux only root can listen on it. IANA's registry lists everything assigned to it: look up 445 at IANA.

1 of 96 ports

PortProtocolServiceWhat it's forIANA name
445
TCP
SMB (file sharing)
Windows file and printer sharing, also used by Samba, NAS boxes and many admin tools.
microsoft-ds
Careful: Never open this to the internet; reach it over a VPN or from trusted networks only. Worms such as WannaCry spread through exposed SMB.

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