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Common Insecure Ports (and Their Secure Replacements)

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Insecure Ports vs Secure Ports

🔻 Insecure Ports

21 FTP – Sends credentials in plaintext.

23 TELNET – Unencrypted remote terminal traffic.

25 SMTP – Emails can be intercepted during transit.

37 TIME – Legacy protocol, rarely used today.

53 DNS – Traffic is vulnerable to spoofing.

80 HTTP – Web traffic is not encrypted.

143 IMAP – Email retrieval without encryption.

445 SMB – File sharing transmitted unencrypted.

389 LDAP – Directory info sent in plaintext.

🛡 Secure Ports

22 SFTP – Encrypts credentials and data.

22 SSH – Secure remote terminal connectivity.

587 SMTP – SMTP with TLS/SSL encryption.

123 NTP – Secure, modern time sync.

853 DoT – DNS over TLS protects DNS queries.

443 HTTPS – Encrypted web connections.

993 IMAPS – Encrypted email retrieval.

2049 NFS – Secure NFS (recommended behind firewall).

636 LDAPS – LDAP encrypted with SSL/TLS.