113
ident
TCP · 0x0071
Port 113 — ident
Authentication
Port 113 carries Ident identification over TCP. Being at or below 1023, only root may open it on Unix.
0–1023. On Unix only root may open one.
Where it sits in 65535
A port number is 16 bits, so it stops at 65535. The narrow band at the left is everything up to 1023.
065535
- Service
- Ident identification (ident)
- Kind
- Authentication
- Protocol
- TCP
- Range
- Well-known
- Root needed
- Yes
- Hexadecimal
- 0x0071
- Binary
- 0000000001110001
- Two bytes
- 0 · 113
Same kind
Checking who you are and handing out keys.
Ports next to it
How to read this
- A port number is 16 bits, so it runs 0 to 65535. There is no port 65536.
- Opening anything at or below 1023 needs root on Unix.
- Plain and encrypted often live on different numbers — 80 and 443, for one.
- Numbers like 3000 and 8080 were never registered; those are marked as custom.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What is port 113 used for?
Ident identification (ident) uses it, over TCP.
Q. Does opening port 113 need root?
Yes. It is at or below 1023, so on Unix only root may open it.
Q. Which range does port 113 fall in?
Well-known (0–1023). In hex it is 0x0071.
Q. Does port 113 have a twin?
Not a separate one. It either was encrypted from the start or negotiates TLS on the same number.