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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{3.7994 cm} x{13.4706 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Must-Know Ports}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{20/21}} & TCP — FTP (data/control). "FTP is 21, data rides 20" \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{22}} & TCP — SSH / SCP / SFTP. Secure remote — the secure 2's \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{23}} & TCP — Telnet. {\bf{Insecure}} — never use, know why \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{25}} & TCP — SMTP. Sending email \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{53}} & TCP/UDP — DNS. UDP for lookups, TCP for zone transfers \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{67/68}} & UDP — DHCP (server/client). "DHCP gives, 67/68 delivers" \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{69}} & UDP — TFTP. Trivial — no auth, PXE boot \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{80}} & TCP — HTTP. Unencrypted web \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{110}} & TCP — POP3. Downloads email (deletes from server) \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{123}} & UDP — NTP. Time sync \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{143}} & TCP — IMAP. Email stays on server \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{161/162}} & UDP — SNMP (manager/trap). Monitoring \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{389}} & TCP/UDP — LDAP. Directory lookups \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{443}} & TCP — HTTPS. Encrypted web \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{445}} & TCP — SMB/CIFS. Windows file sharing — ransomware loves it \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{636}} & TCP — LDAPS. LDAP over TLS \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{993}} & TCP — IMAPS. IMAP over TLS \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{995}} & TCP — POP3S. POP3 over TLS \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{1433}} & TCP — Microsoft SQL. Database default \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{3.7994 cm} x{13.4706 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Must-Know Ports (cont)}} \tn % Row 19 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{3306}} & TCP — MySQL/MariaDB. Database default \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{3389}} & TCP — RDP. Windows remote desktop \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{5432}} & TCP — PostgreSQL. Database default \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{5900}} & TCP — VNC. Remote screen sharing \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{Memorize the bold ones first.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{8.635 cm} x{8.635 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Secure vs Insecure Pairs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Telnet (23)}} & SSH (22) \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{FTP (21)}} & SFTP/SCP (22) or FTPS \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{HTTP (80)}} & HTTPS (443) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{SNMP v1/v2 (161)}} & SNMP v3 (auth + encryption) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{POP3 (110) / IMAP (143)}} & POP3S (995) / IMAPS (993) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{Security+ exam favorite: know the secure replacement for each insecure protocol.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{5.0083 cm} x{12.2617 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Email Ports at a Glance}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Send (SMTP)}} & Plain: 25 (587 submission) → Secure: 465 (SMTPS) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Receive/read}} & Plain: 110 POP3 / 143 IMAP → Secure: 995 / 993 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{Know the secure port for each email job.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \end{document}